Quizlet Unit 9 Vocab

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  1. Auxiliary: (adj) giving assistance or support; (n) a helper, aid
  2. Candid: (adj) frank, sincere; impartial,unposed
  3. Cubicle: (n) a small room or compartment
  4. Drudgery: (n) work that is hard and tiresome
  5. Envoy: (n) a representative or messenger (as of government)
  6. Escalate: (v) to elevate; increase in intensity
  7. Expedient: (n) a means to an end (adj) advantageous, useful
  8. Feign: (v) to pretend
  9. Flair: (n) a natural quality, talent or skill; a distinctive style
  10. Grievous: (adj) causing sorrow or pain; serious
  11. Heterogeneous: (adj) composed of different kinds, diverse
  12. Horde: (n) a vast number (as of people); a throng
  13. Impel: (v) to force, drive forward
  14. Incredulous: (adj) disbelieving, skeptical
  15. Inscribe: (v) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
  16. Monologue: (n) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
  17. Prognosis: (n) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
  18. Rasping: (adj) with a harsh, grating sound; (n) a harsh sound
  19. Repugnant: (adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
  20. Scuttle: (v) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; (n) a pail