Vocab. Week 1

The turtle is showing trepidation becauase he is scared from being eaten or animals that just scare him. Poor turtle!!! :[

1. intrepid - adj.- fearless

2. trepidation - n.- fear or alarm

3. despondent - adj.- feeling or showing hopelessness or gloom

4. decorum - n.- dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

5. aspire - v.- to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous

6. vacillate - v.- to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute

7. desultory - adj.- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful

8. fallacy - n.- false belief

9. formidable - adj.- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful

10. heritage - n.- something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth

11. guru - n. - Hinduism. a preceptor giving personal religious instruction