Chapters 8-11 Flashcards
Articulate
Able to speak and express oneself
Analogous
Similar; comparable
Cordial
Warm, friendly
Deportment
Behavior
Erratically
Strangely; different than normal
Escapade
Reckless prank
Gingerly
Carefully; cautious
Guile
Craftiness and cunning when dealing with others
Ingenuous
Simple; innocent
Interdict
Prohibition; restraint
Isolate
Set apart from others
Mortify
Humiliate; embarrass
Obsess
Greatly preoccupy
Obstreperous
Noisy and unruly
Oppressive
Overhearing; hard to put up with
Passé
Old-fashioned
Perpetrated
Carried out; committed
Phillippic
A bitter verbal attack
Propensities
Inclinations or tendencies
Rectitude
Uprightness of character
Subdued
Soothed or softened and made less intense
Tarried
Delayed; waited
Umbrage
Offense
Undulate
To move in waves or in a wavely manner
Vaguely
Unclearly or not precisely