Vocab

• Strut


  walk confidently and with pride
• receptive


  open to new ideas or input
• contempt


  strong dislike or disrespect towards something or someone
• concession


  giving in or granting something, often in negotiation
• incur


  to be subject to something undesirable
• evoke


  to bring forth feelings or memories
• susceptible 


  easily influenced or affected
• perusing 


  read or examine something carefully
• enraptured


  deeply delighted or captivated
• poring over


  study something carefully
• enthused


  excited or enthusiastic
• enthralled


  captivated or fascinated
• italics


  text style that slants words to the right
• stagger


  walk unsteadily
• endorsed


  officially support someone
• unrest


  disagreements or fighting between different groups of people
• scrutinise


  inspect closely
• jovial 


  cheerful and friendly
• obstinate


  stubborn
• affirmed


  to state something firmly/confidently
• set about


  begin to do something
• set against 


  create opposition
• gauged


  estimate or determine the amount, level or volume
• grasp


  to understand
• comprehensively


  complete/ through manner(cover all area)
• momentous


  very important because of its effects on future events
• oblivious


  not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you or not aware or not noticing something
• unblemished


  has no faults, not spoiled in any way or (skin) without any marks that spoil its appearance
• guise 


  the appearance of someone or something, especially when intended to decieve
• natter


  to talk continuously for a long time without any particular purpose or friendly conversation
• brandish


  to wave something in the air in a threatening or excited way
• brute


  a rough and sometimes violent man or an animal, especially a large one
• brute force


  done with a great amount of force
• vivacious


  A vivacious person, especially a woman or girl, is attractively energetic and enthusiastic
• sumptuous


  impressive in a way that seems expensive
• affluent


  having a lot of money or owning a lot of things
• compliant


  willing to do what other people want you to do
• complement


  to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it
• mediocre


  ordinary and not very good
• exemplary


  very good and suitable to be copied by other people, An exemplary punishment is severe and intended as a warning to others, extremely good of its type, so that it might serve as a model for others