vocab- Unit 3

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Paradox (noun)

a contradiction

Chronicle (noun)

Recorded history, narrative

Allocate (verb)

Set aside ; assign

Deduce (verb)

Reach a conclusion

Primary (adj)

First in importance

refinement (noun)

politeness; good manners

suppleness

smoothness; fluidity

exquisite

very beautiful or lovely

Gallantries (noun)

acts of polite attention to the needs of women

resplendent (adj)

 dazzling; gorgeous

Homage (noun)

something done to honor someone

Inestimable (adj.)blessings (noun)

too great to count or measure, things that benefit or bring happiness

amenable (adj.)

agreeable

Influence (noun)

 dishonest persuasion; bribery

Surrender (noun)

act of giving up

Windfall (noun)

unexpected good fortune

Commandeered (verb)

take possession of (something) without authority

Ex-gratia (adj)

As a favor

Marauding adj

To steal or to attack a person

intemperate (adj)

having/showing a lack of control

Despoiled (v)

Steal violently ;plunder

lustrous (adj)

Having luster;shining

burnished (adj)

Polished by rubbing; shiny

Gilded (v.)

Goden ; covered thinly with gold

Mail (n.)

Armor made of metal rings hooked together

obdurate (adj.)

Hardened; stubborn

Ore (noun)

a raw, unrefined material