Frivolous: person who is carefree and not serious; banker was ?frivolous? Trifle: a thing of little value of importance; ?two millions are a trifle? Audible: able to be heard Immense: extremely large or great; ?immense quantity of books? Fleeting: lasting for a very short time; describing the world Contempt: the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn; banker felt ?contempt for himself? Zealous: marked by interest and enthusiasm; ?studying zealously? Reckoning: the action or process of calculating or estimating something Sensational: very impressive Treatise: written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject Illusory: based on illusion; not real Stifle: suffocate Ethereal: heavenly; too perfect for the world
"The Bet" Vocabulary
Frivolous: person who is carefree and not serious; banker was ?frivolous? Trifle: a thing of little value of importance; ?two millions are a trifle? Audible: able to be heard Immense: extremely large or great; ?immense quantity of books? Fleeting: lasting for a very short time; describing the world Contempt: the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn; banker felt ?contempt for himself? Zealous: marked by interest and enthusiasm; ?studying zealously? Reckoning: the action or process of calculating or estimating something Sensational: very impressive Treatise: written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject Illusory: based on illusion; not real Stifle: suffocate Ethereal: heavenly; too perfect for the world
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