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