Critical Vocab "What of this Goldfish, Would you Wish?"

Resilience

Ability to return to a normal state after a change or injury

Fluent

Able to express oneself clearly and easily

Poignant

Emotionally moving or stimulating

Compulsion

Forced obligation

Petulantly

In a grouchy or bad-tempered way

Dissenter

One who disagrees or refuses to accept

Profusely

Plentifully, in a freely available way

Dogma

Principles or beliefs that an authority insists are true

Sanctity

Sacredness or ultimate importance

Definitely

Without doubt (used for emphasis)

Perfunctory

Done mechanically and without enthusiasm

Wizened

Shrunken or wrinkled

Reaffirmation

The act of verifying or endorsing again

Orthodoxy

Traditionally accepted code or customs

Beleaguered

Troubled with many problems

Implicit

Understood but not expressed