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Vocabulary unit #
Vocab words from unit # 9.
Term | Definition |
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cautionary | offering or serving as a warning. |
constrain | to confine or inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity. |
constraint | a restriction or limitation. |
flotilla | a fleet of boats or small ships. |
gossamer | 1. thin sheer of fabric resembling gauze. 2. fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb. as light as a delicate cobweb. |
ignominious | marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace. |
incur | to bring upon oneself, something undesirable, such as debt. |
liquidate | 1. to settle affairs of a business; to convert into cash. 2.to get rid of; to kill or destroy |
magnate | an important, often wealthy,person prominent in a large industry or business. |
misnomer | a name that does not fit. |
onerous | burdensome; oppressive. |
pandemonium | a state of great confusion or uproar. |
quixotic | romantic and idealistic, but impractical. |
tenacious | holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual. |
vestige | a trace of something that was once present. |