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