cumulative test units 1-9 level c vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acme | highest peak or point, |
| anguish | (n.) Great mental suffering, distress, or pain; (v.) to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow |
| audacious | (adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring |
| belittle | to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value |
| bludgeon | a short club used as a weapon |
| bolster | support and strengthen |
| churlish | lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude |
| congested | overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess |
| cronies | friends |
| detriment | a damage or loss |
| discordent | (adj) disagreeable in sound |
| encroaching | trespassing |
| enterprising | (adj.) energetic, willing and able to start something new; showing boldness and imagination |
| epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there |
| excise | remove by cutting |
| gingerly | with extreme care or caution |
| haggard | (adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking |
| hovering | hanging low above something as if floating in air |
| infiltrate | (v.) to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily |
| instigate | (v.) to urge on; to stir up, provoke, start, incite |
| instill | to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in |
| impuntity | freedom from being punished or harmed |
| jostle | to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing; to bump, shove, brush against; to compete for |
| maim | (v.) to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate |
| myriad | (adj.) in very great numbers; (n.) a very great number |
| nonentity | a person or thing of little or no importance |
| perceptible | capable of being grasped by the senses or mind |
| pertinent | (adj.) related to the matter at hand, to the point |
| peruse | to read thoroughly and carefully |
| plaudits | applause; enthusiastic praise or approval |
| plausible | appearing true, reasonable, or fair |
| predatory | preying on, plundering, or piratical |
| proclaim | (v.) to declare publicly or officially |
| prone | lying face down |
| pseudonym | (n.) A pen name, name assumed by a writer |
| renown | fame, glory |
| revert | to return, go back |
| scapegoat | (n.) A person or thing carrying the blame for others |
| sequel | that which follows, a result; a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier |
| skittish | extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable |
| sustained | consistent |
| tawdry | showy and flashy but lacking in good taste |
| unison | a sounding together; agreement or accord |
| volatile | (adj.) highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state |
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