9th Grade Wordly Wise Chapter 5

Motifs

a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts); a dominant idea or central theme

Deemed

to come to think or judge

Subsidize

a grant or gift of money

Exorbitant

not coming within the scope of law.

Amorous

being in love; enamored

Moribund

being in the state of dying

Censure

a judgement involving condemnation

Expostulations

to reason earnestly with a person for a purpose of dissuasion or remonstrance

Ingrate

an ungrateful person

Sumptuously

extremely costly; rich, luxurious, or magnificent

Divulge

to make known (something such as a confidence or secret)

Voluble

easily rolling or turning; Rotating

Fateful

having a quality of ominous prophecy

Belittled

to speak slightingly of; disparage

Injunction

a writ granted by a court of equity whereby one is required to do or to refrain from doing a specified act