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Vocab 2
"The Gift of the Magi"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coax | To urge by persuasion |
| Discreet | Careful in one's speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage |
| Imputation | The act of laying responsibility unjustly. |
| Mendicancy | The condition of being a beggar. |
| Meretricious | Attractive in a cheap flashy way. |
| Prudence | Cautious, careful forthought |
| Evanesced | Disappear gradually |
| Heresy | A Belief opposite of normal belief's. |
| Infallibility | Condition of being incapable of error |
| Imminent | Likely, about to happen |
| Precariously | Uncertain |
| Prim | Formal |
| Ardently | passionately, Warmth of feeling |
| Disheveled | Hanging loosly, untidy |
| Eliciting | To draw out |
| Exorbiant | Excessive, Unreasonable |
| Fragile | Easily damaged |
| Resigned | Submissive |
| Stipulated | Require as a condition of an agreement. |
| Tormented | Severe mental or physical suffering |