click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
BHS Eng.II Vocab 3
Mrs. Branch: 21-30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (v) A. to deceive; trick B. to amuse; delight C. to pass (time) pleasantly | beguile |
| (n) A. politeness; courtesy B. an act or expression of courtesy | civility |
| (n) appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety | decorum |
| (n) the way in which one behaves or conducts oneself; deportment | demeanor |
| (adj) foolishly bold or daring; rash | foolhardy |
| (adj) A. performing or performed with careless, often thoughtless, ease B. marked by a quickness or fluency that suggests insincerity | glib |
| (adj) A. not having a noble character or purpose; dishonorable B. not of the nobility; common | ignoble |
| (n) A. the accepted customs and rules of behavior of a particular social group, generally regarded by the group as essential to survival and welfare and often having the force of law B. attitudes about proper behavior; moral conventions | mores |
| (adj) A. characteristics of people or things away from teh capital of a country B. limited in range or perspective; narrow; ill-informed; unsophisticated C. of or relating to a province | provincial |
| (adj) not in good taste; improper; unbecoming (adv) in an unseemly manner | unseemly |