#2 vocab 2/12/19

offering or serving as a warning

cautionary

to confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity

constrain

a restriction or limitation

constraint

a fleet of boats or small ships

flotilla

A thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze.
A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb.
As light and delicate as a cobweb.

gossamer

marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace

ignominious

To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as debt

incur

to settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash; to get rid of; to kill or destroy

liquidate

an important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business

magnate

a name that does not fit

misnomer

burdensome; oppressive

onerous

a state or place of great confusion or uproar

pandemonium

romantic and idealistic, but impractical

quixotic

holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual

tenacious

a trace of something that once was present

vestige

a light, gentle breeze

zephyr