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Vocab #2 TGOTMTSITN
English 9 Honors Semester 1 2014-2015
Term | Definition |
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Coax | To persuade one by persistent flattering |
Discreet | Having or showing a judicious reserve in one's speech or behavior |
Imputation | False accusation |
Mendicancy | The act of being a beggar |
Meretricious | Attracting attention in a vulgar way |
Prudence | Wisdom in handling practical matters; Common sense |
Evanesced | Disappear; Fade away; Pass |
Heresy | A controversial or unorthodox opinion in doctrine politics and philosophical sciences |
Infallbility | Incapability of error; Dependability |
Precariously | Subject to chance or unknown conditions; Based on unknown premises |
Prim | Precise; Neat; Formal; Proper; point of affection |
Ardently | Expressively; Intensely; Passionately |
Disheveled | Hanging loosely; Unkempt; Unorganized |
Eliciting | Evoke; Draw out; Bring forth; Educe |
Exorbiant | Exceeding bounds of custom; Over-extent of propriety; Untraditional |
Fragile | Brittle; Vulnerable; Easily broken, shattered, or damaged; Lacking force/substance |
Resigned | Indicative of resignation; Submissive; Acquiescent |
Stipulated | To make a frank demand; Strict arrangement of conditions; Agreement |
Tormented | To make one angry by causing severe pain emotionally physically, and/or mentally; Aggravated; Tortured |