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Vocab Unit 2
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coax | (verb) to manipulate with great perserverance and usually with considerable effort towards a desired state or activity |
| Discreet | (adj) unnoticable |
| Imputation | (noun) the act of imputing: such as attribution, ascription, accusation |
| Mendicany | (noun) the practice of begging |
| Meretricious | (adj) superficially significant |
| Prudence | (noun) skill and good judgement in the use of resources |
| Evanesced | (verb) to dissipate like vapor |
| Heresy | (noun) an opinion, doctrine, or practice contrary to the truth or to generally accepted beliefs or standards |
| Infallibility | (noun) incapable of error |
| Imminent | (adj) ready to take place |
| Precariously | (adj) depending on the will or pleasure of another |
| Prim | (adj) stiffly formal and respectable |
| Ardently | (adv) passionate and emotional |
| Disheveled | (adj) marked by disorder or disarray |
| Eliciting | (verb) to draw forth or bring out |
| Exorbitant | (adj) exceeding the customary or appropriate limits |
| Fragile | (adj) easily broken or destroyed |
| Resigned | (adj) to give up deliberately |
| Stipulated | (verb) to make a agreement |
| Tormented | (verb) the infliction of torture |