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Vocab Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coax | urge by persuasion |
| Discreet | cautious in conduct or speech |
| Imputation | the act of laying responsibility or blame unjustly |
| Mendicany | the condition of being a beggar |
| Meretricious | attractive in a cheap, flashy way; tawdry |
| Prudence | careful forethought |
| Evanesced | disappear gradually; fade |
| Heresy | belief opposite of normal |
| Infallibility | condition of being incapable of error |
| Imminent | likely to happen soon |
| Precariously | uncertain, unstable, or insecure |
| Prim | formal |
| Ardently | passionately; warm or intense feeling |
| Disheveled | hanging loosely, or in disorder; unkept |
| Eliciting | to draw out or bring out |
| Exorbitant | excessive |
| Fragile | easily damaged |
| Resigned | submissive; to accept as inevitable |
| Stipulated | required as a condition of an agreement |
| Tormented | cause severe pain to the body or mind |