<p>VOCABULARY WORDS for Nickel and Dimed</p><p>Svelte - slim, slender; graceful outline </p><p>Transgression - violation of a rule or law </p><p>Rebuke - to reprimand </p><p>Insurrection - revolt against authority or organized government </p><p>Loathsome - offensive, arousing disgust </p><p>Altruistic - selfless, concerned with the wellbeing of others </p><p>Interject - to insert between other elements </p><p>Infraction - a violation </p><p>Glossolalia - a meaningless speech </p><p>Regress - to move backward, literally or figuratively </p><p>Metronomic - unvarying, mechanical rhythm </p><p>Decorum - propriety, appropriate behavior </p>