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Vocabulary unit #
Vocab words from unit # 9.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |