Honors Am Lit Vocab 5

Voracious

having a huge appetite

Junket

a promotional trip made at another's expense

Thwarted

to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of

Plausible

superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often deceptively so

Vis-a-vis

one that is face-to-face with another

Broach

to open up (a subject) for discussion

Paradigm

a model for something that may be copied

Flummoxed

completely unable to understand : utterly confused or perplexed

Stigma

a set of negative and unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something

Pro bono

being, involving, or doing professional and especially legal work donated especially for the public good