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English 10 Vocab 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cautionary | Offering or serving as a warning |
| Constrain | To confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity |
| Flotilla | A fleet of boats or small ships |
| Gossamer | Thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze: a fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb: as light and delicate as a cobweb |
| Ignominious | Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace |
| Incur | To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt |
| Liquidate | To settle the affairs of a business: to convert into cash: 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: oppresive |
| Pandemonium | A state of place 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 once was present |
| Zephyr | A light, gentle breeze |