Vocabulary #4

1. zealous
: seriously enthusiastic, passionate, ardent

2. indiscretion:
an action showing a lack of judgment , euphemism for a crime

3. pretense:
make-believe, excuse, fake-out , pretend

His pretense of "the dog ate my homework" was not accepted by the teacher.

4. impetuous
: done without thought, impulsive and pouty

5. unassailable: so strong that it cannot be attacked , undefeatable

6. ascertained
: found out with certainty, discovered, learned

7. discrepancy
: a distinct difference between 2 things

8. depraved
: moral corruption or weakness

9. disheveled
: untidy, disorderly, messed up hair and clothes

Because Ligniere sleeps in his clothes all the time, he always looks disheveled.

10. heedless
: neglectful, oblivious, rash, reckless

11. abyss
: immeasurably deep or infinite, unending, gulf, chasm , no end to it

12. perplex: to puzzle, or confuse, bewilder