Vocabulary Workshop Level D Units 1-6
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thewordmastersguy on October 25, 2009
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vocabulary workshop, vw, level d, units 1-6
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The With-it Group presents: Vocabulary Workshop Level D Units 1-6!
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SFXP Gals, FMS Honors English 8 classes, STA freshman, SJS 2016 PUBLIC, SJS OPEN midterms -and other things- (2016)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 admonish | (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty |
| breach | (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through |
| brigand | (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| circumspect | (adj.) careful, cautious |
| commandeer | (v.) to seize for military or official use |
| cumbersome | (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
| deadlock | (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill |
| debris | (n.) scattered fragments, wreckage |
| diffuse | (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread |
| dilemma | (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| efface | (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
| muddle | (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess |
| opinionated | (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind. |
| perennial | (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years |
| predispose | (v.) to incline to beforehand |
| relinquish | (v.) to let go, give up |
| salvage | (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved |
| spasmodic | (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful, intermittent |
| spurious | (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid |
| unbridled | (adj.) uncontrolled, lacking in restraint |
| adjourn | (v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place |
| alien | (n.) a citizen of another country; (adj.) foreign, strange |
| comely | (adj.) having a pleasing appearance |
| compensate | (v.) to make up for; to repay for services |
| dissolute | (adj.) loose in one's morals or behavior |
| erratic | (adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable |
| expulsion | (n.) the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of |
| fodder | (n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose |
| fortify | (v.) to strengthen, build up |
| illegible | (adj.) difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision |
| lucrative | (adj.) bringing in money; profitable |
| mediocre | (adj.) average, ordinary, undistinguished |
| proliferate | (v.) to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | (v.) to conquer by force, bring under complete control |
| sully | (v.) to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| tantalize | (v.) to tease, torment by teasing |
| terse | (adj.) brief and to the point |
| unflinching | (adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
| abridge | (v.) to make shorter |
| adherent | (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to |
| altercation | (n.) an angry argument |
| cherubic | (adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent |
| condone | (v.) to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | (v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement |
| eminent | (adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
| exorcise | (v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| fabricate | (v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| irate | (adj.) angry |
| marauder | (n.) a raider, plunderer |
| obesity | (n.) excessive fatness |
| pauper | (n.) an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | (v.) to steal in small quantities |
| rift | (n.) a split, break, breach |
| semblance | (n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition |
| surmount | (v.) to overcome, rise above |
| terminate | (v.) to bring to an end |
| trite | (adj.) commonplace; overused, stale |
| usurp | (v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| abscond | (v.) to run off and hide |
| access | (n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | (n.) a lack of government and law; confusion |
| arduous | (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | (adj.) favorable, fortunate |
| biased | (adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| daunt | (v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | (v.) to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | (adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | (v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| inanimate | (adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | (v.) to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | (adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| larceny | (n.) theft |
| pliant | (adj.) bending readily; easily influenced |
| pompous | (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| precipice | (n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| rectify | (v.) to make right, correct |
| reprieve | (n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement |
| revile | (v.) to attack with words, call bad names |
| accomplice | (n.) a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | (v.) to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | (adj.) unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| brazen | (adj.) shameless, impudent; made of brass |
| catalyst | (n.) a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
| exodus | (n.) a large-scale departure or flight |
| facilitate | (v.) to make easier; to assist |
| incorrigible | (adj.) not able to be corrected; beyond control |
| latent | (adj.) hidden, present but not realized |
| militant | (adj.) given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n.) an activist |
| morose | (adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| opaque | (adj.) not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid |
| paramount | (adj.) chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | (v.) to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n.) baby talk; babble |
| rebut | (v.) to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| reprimand | (v.) to scold; find fault with; (n.) a rebuke |
| servitude | (n.) slavery, forced labor |
| slapdash | (adj.) careless and hasty |
| stagnant | (adj.) not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull |
| succumb | (v.) to give way to superior force, yield |
| atone | (v.) to make up for |
| bondage | (n.) slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | (adj.) believable |
| defray | (v.) to pay for |
| diligent | (adj.) hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | (adj.) sad; dreary |
| ghastly | (adj.) frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| hamper | (v.) to hold back |
| hew | (v.) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| impoverished | (adj.) poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
| incessant | (adj.) never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | (adj.) complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | (adj.) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| posthumous | (adj.) occurring or published after death |
| prim | (adj.) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | (adj.) grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | (adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| supplant | (v.) to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt | (v.) to jeer at, mock; (n.) an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | (adj.) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
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