ENGLISH HOMEWORK- Define Vocab
1) Blandly
- agreeable
- soothing as air
- nonirritating, as food or medicines
- not highly flavored;tasteless
- lacking in special interest, liveliness, individuality
- unemotional, indifferent, or casual
2) Gaunt
- extremely thin
- bleak, desolate, or grim, as places or things
3) Indolently
- having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion
- causing little or no pain
4) Scruples
- a moral act as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions
- a very small amount
- a unit of weight equal to 20 grain
- an ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to 1/24 of an ounce
5) Gossamer
- a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather
- a thread or a web of this substance
- an extremely delicate variety of gauze
- any thin, light fabric
- something extremely light or delicate
- a thin, waterproof outer garment
6) Palpable
- plainly seen, heard, perceived
-capable of being touched or felt
7) Nocturnal
- active at night
- of or pertaining to the night
8) Futile
- incapable of producing any result; useless
- unimportant
9) Furtive
- sly; shifty
- taken, done, used, secret
10) Reciprocate
-to give and receive
11) Naive
-having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality
-having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information
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