Jury of Her Peers Vocab List

trifles

(n). things of little value or importance

disdainful

(adj.) showing contempt or lack of respect

acquiescence

(n.) the reluctant acceptance of something without protest

apprehensive

(adj.) anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

incisive

(adj.) sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)

evade

(v.) to escape or avoid something

facetious

(adj.) treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

deranged

(adj.) mad; insane

genial

(adj.) friendly and cheerful

resentfully

(adv.) feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly

resolutely

(adv.) admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering

concede

(v.) to admit as true; to yield, submit

testily

(adv.) angrily, or in an irritated way

venture

(v) dare to do or say something that may be considered audacious

ungainly

(adj.) clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

reproach

(v) to find fault with, blame, criticize