The Color of Water Vocabulary

Senior homework- Put the following words in sentences for Monday, March 26.

Cajole (verb) To persuade with flattery or gentle urging
Macabre (noun) Having death as a subject; gruesome
Nebulous (adjective) Vague
Absolved (verb) To be free from guilt of consequences
Tacitly (adverb) Done without words
Avarice (noun) Greed
Industrious (adjective) Diligent; hard working
Upbraid (verb) To criticize or scold
Commiserate (verb) To feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
Commodity (noun) An article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
Contingency (noun) Dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness.
Deference (noun) Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, or will of another.
Dowry (noun) The money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
Motley (adjective) Exhibiting great diversity of elements; heterogeneous.
Synergy (noun) Combined action or functioning; synergism.
Solicit (verb) To seek for something by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, or formal application.
Verboten (adjective) Forbidden, as by law; prohibited.
Insular (adjective) Of or pertaining to an island, or detached and isolated.
Covenants (noun) An agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
Trysts (noun) An appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.