Vocab 1-20

carrying a heavy load or burden, weighed down by something

reserved, unassertive, shy due to lack of confidence

to take claim for oneself without right and possibly with force, to confiscate, take, seize

something unusual, different from the norm

dissonance between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

give up a position

feeling or showing profound respect

repeated too often, overfamiliar through overuse

one who lives in solitude

the quality of being able to change

a short observation that contains a general truth

to put up with someone or something particularly unpleasant

to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

humorous, joking

to weaken, to reduce in vitality

daring and fearless, recklessly bold

to speak rapidly and incessantly about irrelevant topics

deceitfulness, a betrayal of trust

noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

place side by side for comparison