Unit 1 Vocab

garb

• a feeling that something is not worthy of respect

• the act of finding something delightful when unexpected

• clothing

• to persuade someone to do something by flattery

dispel

• to make a doubt disappear

• to exclude or leave out

• to persuade someone to do something

• refusing to change one’s mind

adamant

• utterly hopeless or miserable

• unwilling to take risks

• to make a doubt disappear

• refusing to change one’s mind

disdain

• arrogantly superior

• finding something delightful when unexpected

• a feeling that someone is unworthy of respect

• clothing or dress

cajole

• unwilling to take risks

• to persuade someone to do something by flattery

• to exclude from a group

• utterly hopeless

haughty

• unwilling to take risks

• refusing to change one’s mind

• cautious

• arrogantly superior

ostracize

• to exclude or leave out

• to make a doubt disappear

• refusing to change one’s mind

• cautious

circumspect

• a feeling that something is unworthy

• arrogantly superior

• unwilling to take risks

• utterly hopeless and miserable

serendipity

• to make doubt disappear

• cautious

• arrogantly superior

• the act of finding something delightful when unexpected

abject

• unwilling to take risks

• utterly hopeless

• clothing or dress

• refusing to change one’s mind