Vocabulary 8-10

swanky

• stylishly luxurious and expensive

• without enthusiasm or energy

• all future generations of people

• express contempt for; ridicule

congenial

• the act of treating disrespectfully or irreverently

• strange or odd; unusual

• the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

• pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own

peculiar

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• strange or odd; unusual

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

• express contempt for; ridicule

compulsion

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• without enthusiasm or energy

• the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation

• stylishly luxurious and expensive

halfheartedly

• the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

• strange or odd; unusual

• without enthusiasm or energy

• express contempt for; ridicule

indisputably

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• all future generations of people

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

• the act of treating disrespectfully or irreverently

desecration

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• the act or treating disrespectfully or irreverently

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

• express contempt for; ridicule

posterity

• stylishly luxurious and expensive

• all future generations of people

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• without enthusiasm or energy

lavish

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own

• without enthusiasm or energy

• sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious

diaspora

• in a way that cannot be challenged or denied

• the dispersion of any people from their original homeland

• the action or state of being forced to do something

• strange or odd; unusual