AP Lit vocab week 2

errant

straying outside the proper path

frugality

quality of being economical in expenditures

goad

provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction

imply

to involve/indicate by inference or association

impoverished

poor; deprived of strength

infer

guess, surmise; derive as a conclusion from facts/premises

innate

inborn/essential quality; inherent

petulance

rudeness/insolence in speech/behavior

sedentary

doing or requiring much sitting

sententious

terse, moralistic in expression; pithy