vocab 13
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- profane
- adj, not devoted to holy or religious purposes
- spontaneous
- adj, resulting or coming from a natural impulse.
- Expiation
- noun, the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing
- Mendicant
- adj, begging
- apologue
- noun, a moral fable
- petulance
- noun, unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
- timorous
- adj, full of fear; fearful
- Magnanimity
- noun, very liberal and generous in spirit
- insolvent
- adj, unable to meet debts or discharge liabilities: bankrupt
- titular
- adj, having a title without the associated duties
- capitulate
- verb, to surrender
- Conciliate
- verb, to overcome the distrust or hostility of
- obsequious
- adj, characterized by or showing servile deference
- sycophant
- noun, person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- extemporaneous
- adj, done, spoken without special advance preparation.
- ephemeral
- adj, lasting a very short time