VOCABULARY

• DUBIOUS- (Adjective)- Hesitating or doubting.

• TENACIOUSLY- (Adjective)- Not readily letting go of,
giving up, or separated from an object that one holds, a
position, or a principle.
• RUEFULLY- (Adjective)- (Adjective)- Expressing sorrow
or regret, esp. when in a slightly humorous way.
• APPREHENSION- (Noun)- Anxiety or fear that something
bad or unpleasant will happen.
• PRODIGAL- (Adjective)- Spending money or resources
freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant
• REPROACHFULLY- (Adjective)- Expressing disapproval
or disappointment.
• CONGENIAL- (Adjective)- Pleasant because of a
personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to
one’s own.
• INNUMERABLE- (Adjective)- too many to be counted.
• QUAINTNESS- (Adjective)- attractively unusual or old-
fashioned
• REPRESSION- (Verb)- Subdue (someone or something)
by force.
• REVERIE- (noun)- A state of being pleasantly lost in
one's thoughts; a daydream.
• EXPEDIENT- (Adjective)- Convenient and practical,
although possibly improper or immoral.
• PRESTIGE- (Noun)- Widespread respect and admiration
felt for someone or something on the basis of a
perception of their achievements or quality.
• SCRUPULOUS- (Adjective)- Diligent, thorough, and
extremely attentive to details.
• RENOUNCE- (Verb)- Formally declare one's
abandonment of a claim, right, or possession.
• PROFOUNDLY- (Adjective)- Very great or intense.
• HUMILITY- (Noun)- A modest or low view of one's own
importance; humbleness.
• TRANSMUTED- (Verb)- Change in form, nature, or
substance.