Both Uses of
acquiesce
in
This Side of Paradise
- So, while more or less fortunate little rich boys were defying governesses on the beach at Newport, or being spanked or tutored or read to from "Do and Dare," or "Frank on the Mississippi," Amory was biting acquiescent bell-boys in the Waldorf, outgrowing a natural repugnance to chamber music and symphonies, and deriving a highly specialized education from his mother.†
Chpt 1.1acquiescent = reluctant compliance; or inclined to comply
- Yet he knew that where now the spirit of spires and towers made him dreamily acquiescent, it would then overawe him.†
Chpt 1.2 *
Definition:
reluctant or unenthusiastic compliance, consent, or agreement