Unit 1 Vocabulary Coming of Age

polite or respectful

• civil

• innocence

• futile

• contrite

aware of something or of one’s surroundings

• conscious

• tenuous

• idealism

• defiance

feeling or expressing guilt, regret, or remorse

• contrite

• civil

• hierarchy

• defiance

disobedience or resistance to someone else’s wishes

• defiance

• innocence

• futile

• tenuous

pointless; unable to produce any useful result

• futile

• conscious

• idealism

• contrite

a system of ranking groups of people one above the other

• hierarchy

• tenuous

• civil

• futile

extreme hopefulness or belief in something, especially when it’s unrealistic

• idealism

• hierarchy

• defiance

• contrite

lack of worldly experience; lack of guilt or evil intention

• innocence

• conscious

• futile

• tenuous

very weak; not substantial

• tenuous

• idealism

• hierarchy

• contrite