Acquiescence: to submit or comply silently or without protest; agree;contest(verb)
While reading ” A Jury of her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, I came across the word acquiescence, which looked very unfamiliar to me so I decided to look further into what this word could’ve meant. When I saw this word, it reminded me of the word acquaintance, but I figured these two had no connection towards each other. The sentenced which included this word stated “in her manner of timid acquiescence”, I guessed that the author meant that the sheriff’s wife was timid and had to agree with everything her husband says. According to dictionary.com, I was somewhat close, acquiescence has to deal with a person doing something out of there will, which is the sheriff’s wife situation. Acquiescence can now be used in my essays if I were describing a person having no say in anything.
Nayideh Rene
