A Rose For Emily- (P 392)

1. "The next day he received two more complaints, one from a man who came in diffident deprecation"


2. My Guess: I thought diffident meant confident.

3. Definition: The word Diffident means bashful, modest, self-effacing, unassuming, meek, unconfident, unassertive, timid, timorous, humble, shrinking, reticent, hesitant, insecure, self-doubting. I got the definition to this word bu using my computer's dictionary.

4. I was on the right track in terms of defining this word but the opposite, which is not that bad. Now i am glad I learned a new word.