lesson 9 vocab

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Cautionary

adj. Offering or serving as a warning.
Constrain
- v. To confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity.
- contraint n. a restriction or limitation.
Flotilla

n. a fleet of small boats or ships
Gossamer
- n. A thin sheer fabric resembling gauze.
- adj. As light and delicate as a cobwebb
Ignominious

_{adj. Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace}
Incur

v. To bring apon one's self something undesirable, such as debt.
Liquidate

v. to settle the affairs of business; to convert into cash
Magnate

n. an important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business
Misnomer

n. a name that dose not fit
Onerous

adj. burdensome; oppressive
Pandemonium

n. a state or place of great confusion or uproar
Quixotic

adj. Romantic and idealistic, but impractical
Tenacious

adj. Holding fast; presistent in adhering to something valued or habitual.
Vestige

n. A trace of something that was once present
Zephyr

n. A light gentle brezze