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Vocab list #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pecuniary | of or involving money; involving money penalty or fine |
| Plight | to pledge or promise |
| Presumptuous | too bold or forward; showing over confidence; arrogance |
| Subversive | too bold or forward; showing over confidence; arrogance |
| Vacuous | having or showing lack of intelligence, interest, or thought; empty of matter |
| Avocation | something one does in addition to regular work and usually for pleasure; hobby |
| Capricious | tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason |
| Disparity | inequality or difference as in rank, amount, or quality; unlikeness |
| Efficacy | power to produce effect of intended results |
| Epistle | a letter esp a long formal instructive letter; written communication |
| Hospice | a place of shelter for travelers, esp. such a shelter maintained by monks |
| Impetus | the force with which a body moves against resistance; anything that stimulates activity |
| Moribund | dying; coming to an end; having a little or no vital force left |
| Reticent | habitually silent or uncommunicative; disinclined to speak |
| Vacillate | to sway to and from; fluctuate or oscillate |