Unit 7-12

• renegade


  one who leaves a group; a deserter; outlaw; (adj.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
• martinet


  a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules
• recalcitrant


  stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority
• quandary


  state of perplexity or doubt
• emaciated


  unnaturally thin
• ardent


  very enthusiastic, impassioned
• respite


  a period of relief or rest
• profess


  to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend
• integrity


  honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
• endemic


  native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
• clandestine


  secret, concealed; underhanded
• platitude


  a commonplace, stale, or trite remark