Vocabulary 5

vocab

11 cards·by michaelroyak

honors enlish

proclivity

tendency, natural of habitual inclination

coerce

to compel by force, intimidation, or authority

plutocracy

the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy

crescendo

music, a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force

accrue

to happen or result as a natural growth; additon

credulity

willingness to believe or trust to readily, especially without proper adequate evidence; gullibility

cryptic

mysterious in meaning; puzzling

exculpate

to clear from a charge of guilt or fault, free from blame

recumbent

lying down; reclining; leaning

cursory

going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty

defferential

respectful