Edwards Vocab Flashcards
Provoked
To stimulate a strong, unwelcome reaction or emotion in someone.
Formidable
Inspiring fear or respect through being large, powerful, intense, or capable.
Prestigious
Inspiring respect and admiration.
Appease
To placate to someone by giving into their demands.
Arbitrary
Based in random choice or personal whim.
Forbearance
Patient, self control.
Incensed
Very angry, enraged.
Constitution
A body of fundamental principles by which a government is governed.
Contrivance
A thing that is created inventively to serve a specific purpose.
Prudence
Cautiousness
Inconceivable
Not capable of being imagined.
Omnipotent
Able to do anything; unlimited power.
Affections
A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
Abominable
Causing moral disgust.
Ascribed
To attribute something to someone.
