Unit 8 Vocabulary: English 12 proprietor (n): the owner of a business or establishment coerce (v): to to act or think a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation choleric (adj): easily angered; bad tempered circuitous (adj): roundabout or not direct agnostic (n): one who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God, but does not deny the possibility that God exists advocate (n): one that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender disseminate (v): to scatter widely, as in sowing seed epigraph (n): a motto or quotation at the beginning of a literary composition; often states theme scintillate (v): to sparkle or shine averse (adj): having a feeling of opposition, distaste, or aversion; strongly disinclined instigate (v): to stir up or provoke some new action artifice (n): an artful or deception attrition (n): a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength; often caused by stress and pressure frankness or sincerity of expression; openness candor (n): castigate (v): to inflict punishment on; to criticize severely discreet (adj): careful with one’s conduct and speech, especially in regard to protecting privacy/ maintaining silence sanctimonious (adj): faking piety or righteousness shining brilliantly; very bright incandescent (adj): amity (n): peaceful relations as between nations pivotal (adj): being of vital or central importance
Unit 8 Vocabulary: English 12 proprietor (n): the owner of a business or establishment coerce (v): to to act or think a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation choleric (adj): easily angered; bad tempered circuitous (adj): roundabout or not direct agnostic (n): one who believes that there can be no proof of the existence of God, but does not deny the possibility that God exists advocate (n): one that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender disseminate (v): to scatter widely, as in sowing seed epigraph (n): a motto or quotation at the beginning of a literary composition; often states theme scintillate (v): to sparkle or shine averse (adj): having a feeling of opposition, distaste, or aversion; strongly disinclined instigate (v): to stir up or provoke some new action artifice (n): an artful or deception attrition (n): a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength; often caused by stress and pressure candor (n): frankness or sincerity of expression; openness castigate (v): to inflict punishment on; to criticize severely discreet (adj): careful with one’s conduct and speech, especially in regard to protecting privacy/ maintaining silence sanctimonious (adj): faking piety or righteousness incandescent (adj): shining brilliantly; very bright amity (n): peaceful relations as between nations pivotal (adj): being of vital or central importance
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