vocab 9 Flashcards
acquit
to behave in a certain manner; not guilty
affluent
having a lot of money/possesions of value
almsgiver
a person who gives to poor people
animosity
a feeling of ill will;hostility
benefactor
person who helps (financially)
buttress
support of stone/brick; reinforce, make stronger
conceit
excessive pride
conspicous
obvious
definitive
final
exonerate
free from guilt
humane
showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement
inaninamte
not living
inauspicious
not favorable
insipid
dull; not pleasing; lacking significance
litigent
a party ti a lawsuit
mendicant
practicing beggary; begger
peripatetic
Aristotle; travel on foot
philanthropist
someone who makes chartiable donations to increase human well-being
philistine
smug, ignorant, indifferent to cultutral vlies; person uninterested in intelectual pursuits
philopsher
calm, cool
pragmatist
person who takes practical approahces
proselyte
a new convert (as to a faith/cause)
protege
a person who receives support and protection frim an influential [atron who furthers the proteges carrer
recdivist
someone lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior; someone who is repeayly arrested for criminal behabior
