Vocabulary Unit 3B

Composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

To use coaxing of flattery to gain some desired end

A natural or habitual inclination or tendency ( especially of human character or behavior)

• sangfroid

• proclivity

• nominal

• noncommittal

Resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional, accidental

Existing in name only, not real, too small to be considered or taken seriously

Bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting

• seditious

• tenuous

• vitriolic

• nominal

Not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position or say yes or no

• noncommittal

• inadvertent

• nominal

• peculate

To steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use

Resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an established government

• tenuous

• wheedle

• seditious

• vitriolic

Thin, slender, not dense; of slight importance or significance