TKAM Vocabulary Ch 1-5

Assuage

(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Apothecary

A druggist or pharmacist

Piety

Reverence to God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations

Taciturn

Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join speech

Vapid

lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat.

Malevolent

Wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; malicious

Predilection

A tendency to think favorable or something in particular, partially; preference

Cunning

Cute

Indigenous

Origination in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native

Vexation(s)

To irritate,
annoy
, provoke, distress

Dispensation

Exemption; release from a rule or obligation

Contemptuous

Feeling hatred; scornful; disrespectful

Fractious

Irritable and likely to complain or misbehave

Disapprobation

Moral or social disapproval

Auspicious

favorable; fortunate; promising success

Arbitrated

The determining of a dispute or the settling of differences

Edification

the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually; to uplift