Vocabulary Unit 12 (Vocabulary Workshop Book Level F)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accrue | to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result |
| annotation | a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work |
| bedlam | a state or scene of uproar and confusion |
| covert | hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered and secluded; a sheltered place, a hiding place |
| debonair | pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance |
| dun | to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt; a creditor; dark, dull, drab, dingy |
| efficacious | effective, producing results |
| equanimity | calmness, composure, refusal to panic |
| fortuitous | accidental, occurring by a happy chance |
| gist | the essential part, main point, or essence |
| gratuitous | freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted |
| imperious | overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling |
| invective | a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; abusive, vituperative |
| motley | showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; a jester's costume; a jester |
| munificent | extremely generous, lavish |
| procrastinate | to delay, put off until later |
| provocative | tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying |
| recondite | exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding |
| reprobate | a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; to disapprove of, condemn |
| sedentary | characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place |
| abstemious | moderate, sparingas in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
| censurable | deserving of blame or correction |
| contingent | likely but not certian to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
| corroborate | to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify |
| denizen | an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
| discursive | passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
| disseminate | to scatter or spread widely |
| dowdy | poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste |
| florid | highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
| foist | to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
| gauche | awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
| heresy | an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
| inculcate | to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized |
| perceptive | having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation |
| pernicious | extremely harmful; deadly fatal |
| salient | leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
| satiate | to satisfy completely, to fill the excess; full, satisfied |
| sear | to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeelins; to parch, dessicate, singe |
| specious | deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
| absolve | to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt |
| caricature | a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subjects characteristic features are deliberately exagerated; to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way |
| clangor | a loud ringing sound; to make a loud ringing noise |
| contiguous | side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time |
| cupidity | an eager desire for something; greed |
| deleterious | harmful, injurious |
| anhance | to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of |
| enthrall | to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison |
| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses |
| implicit | implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in |
| incisive | sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) |
| ostentatious | marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| paraphrase | to restate in other words; a statement that presents a given idea in a new language |
| politic | prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient |
| prosaic | dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straight-forward; characteristic of prose, not poetic |
| redundant | extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive, profuse, lush |
| sanctimonious | making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| scintillating | sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally birlliant (applied to mental or personal qualities |
| winsome | charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) |
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