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E11 Franklin
Vocabulary words for Benjamin Franklin texts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arduous | requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult |
| avarice | insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth |
| copious | large in quantity or number; abundant; plentifu |
| felicity | the state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss |
| foppery | foolishness |
| incorrigible | bad beyond correction or reform; firmly fixed; not easily changed |
| improvident | shortsighted; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary |
| -vigil- | watchfulness |
| -vid- | to see |