Vocab Lesson 12
vigilant
adj. alert; watchful; wary (think of Cops)
balmy
adj. mild and pleasant; soothing; always having to do with the weather
archaic
adj. no longer in general use; oldfashioned; belonging to an earlier period; ancient
invincible
adj. not to be overcome; unconquerable
pretext
n. a false reason concealing a real one; an excuse
facsimile
n. an exact reproduction or copy; adj. duplicate; copied exactly
espionage
n. spying
commence
v. to begin; to initiate; to start
beguile
v. to cheat or deceive; to mislead by tricking or cheating
appease
v. to soothe or pacify; to satisfy, especially by giving in to demands