Vocabulary #7: English 10

 

1. cajole: to persuade by flattery or promises, tease
2. dilapidated: fallen into partial ruin or decay
3. decorum: behavior in keeping with good taste (appropriate manners)
4. derisive: mocking, contemptuous, ridiculing
5. emphatic: forceful and definite in words or action
6. indignant: feeling or showing anger at what is perceived as unfair or unjust
7. lassitude: laziness, weariness
8. motif: a repeated theme, idea, or design
9. ebullient: overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement

10. incredulity: the inability or unwillingness to believe, disbelief