Vocab unit 9
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 auxillery | giving assistance or support |
| candid | frank, sincere |
| cubicle | a small room |
| drudgery | work that is hard and tiresome |
| envoy | a representative or messenger |
| escalate | to elevate |
| expedient | a means to an end |
| feign | to pretend |
| flair | a natural talent |
| grievous | causing sorrow or pain |
| heterogeneous | composed of different kinds |
| horde | a vast number of people |
| impel | to force, drive forward |
| incredulous | disbelieving |
| inscribe | to write or engrave |
| monologue | a speech by one actor, a long talk by one person |
| prognosis | a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation |
| repugnant | offensive, disagreeable, distasteful |
| rasping | with a harsh, grating sound |
| scuttle | to sink a ship by cutting holes in it |
| adept | thoroughly skilled |
| aspire | to have ambitious hopes or plans |
| bleak | bare |
| chide | to blame |
| despicable | worthy of scorn |
| diminutive | small, smaller than most others of the same type |
| emancipate | to free from slavery |
| erroneous | incorrect |
| exploit | to make use of |
| extemporaneous | made or delivered on the spur of the moment |
| impair | to make imperfect |
| invincible | not able to be defeated |
| languid | drooping without energy |
| mire | mud, wet, swampy ground, a tough situation |
| obtrusive | forward |
| preamble | an introduction to a speech or piece of writing |
| render | to cause to become |
| rugged | rough |
| skeptical | inclined to doubt |
| slipshod | untidy in dress |
| brevity | shortness |
| comport | to conduct or bear oneself |
| concise | expressing much in few word |
| demure | sober or serious in manner |
| depreciation | a lessening in value |
| deteriorate | to lower in quality or value |
| divulge | to tell, reveal |
| enlightened | free from ignorance and false ideas |
| forestall | to prevent by acting first |
| garble | to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
| proponent | one who puts forward a propsosal |
| quaver | to shake |
| recoil | to spring back, shrink |
| recoup | to make up for |
| reek | an unpleasant smell |
| relentless | unyielding |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| squander | to spend foolishly |
| staccato | detached or disconnected |
| statute | a law |
| appreciable | sufficient to be noticed or measured |
| autocratic | absolute in power |
| blanch | to remove the color from |
| blasphemy | an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred |
| brawny | strong |
| concerted | planned or performed in cooperation with others |
| contend | to fight, struggle |
| humane | kind |
| illustrious | very famous |
| intolerable | unbearable |
| irreverent | disrespectful |
| laborious | not easy |
| lithe | bending easily |
| maltreat | to abuse |
| ponder | to consider carefully |
| subversive | intended to undermine or overthrow |
| synthetic | made or put together by people |
| temerate | mild |
| venomous | poisonous |
| wily | sly, shrewd, cunning |
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