Holt Vocabulary Workshop Fifth Course Lesson 12

Supplication

N. The act of asking humbly and earnestly; a prayer; apetition ; an entreaty

Resilient

Adj. Easily springing back to an original form; flexible; recovering quickly; buoyant

Factious

Adj. Causing disunity, dissension, ordisputes ; quarrelsome

Autocrat

N. A ruler with unlimited power; a dictato;a domineering person

Archives

a place where public records or historical documents are kept; the records or documents kept in such a place; to keep or store such records

Frustrated

V. To prevent from accomplishing; to cause feelings of discouragment

Adamant

Adj. Unbreakable due to hardness; unrelenting; unyielding

Procrastinated

V. To put off until later; to delay without a good reason.

Antagonized

V.to make an enemy of; to oppose or counteract

Peremptory

Adj.arrogant;allowing no denial or refusal; absolute.