week 10 vocab words

demure

modest; shy

petulance

impatience, irritability

fractious

troublesome or irritable (uncontrollable)

aggrandize

to make greater

capricious

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior, changeable

deference

humble submission and respect

efficacy

effectiveness

impecunious

penniless, poor

leviathan

a very large aquatic creature, especially a whale, something and powerful.

enervate

to weaken, to destroy the strength of.