For your enjoyment Words from Lesson 1 Divulge to tell to reveal as a secret Abet to assist or encourage especially in wrongdoing Insipid lacking flavor dull not at all stimulating ID: 254880
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Definitions for Units 1-7 Vocabulary Test
For your enjoyment!
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Words from Lesson 1
Divulge: to tell; to reveal (as a secret)
Abet: to assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing
Insipid: lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating
Coerce: to force by using pressure, intimidation, or threats
Jaundiced: prejudiced; hostile
Meticulous: extremely, sometimes excessively careful about small details; preciseSlide3
Words from Lesson 2
Heresy: the crime of holding a belief that goes against an established doctrine
Docile: easy to teach or manage
Banter: teasing; playful conversation
Ignominy: public shame, disgrace, or dishonor
Motley: made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors
Emaciated: extremely thin; wasted awaySlide4
Words from Lesson 3
Avarice: greed; desire for wealth
Furtive: stealthy; secretive
Extradite: to turn over or deliver to the legal jurisdiction of another government or authority
Copious: numerous; large in quantity
Irascible: easily angered
Mercenary: a professional soldier hired by a foreign army
Bastion: a strong defense or fort (or one likened to it)
Jettison: to cast overboard; to discard
Ostracize: to banish; to shut out from a group or society by common consentSlide5
Words from Lesson 4
Negligence: careless neglect, often resulting in injury
Appease: to calm; to make satisfied (often only temporarily)
Chaos: complete disorder
Augment: to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensitySlide6
Words from Lesson 5
Rancor: extreme hatred or ill-will
Diffident: lacking in self-confidence; shy
Opus: a creative work, especially a numbered composition
Disparity: inequality; differenceSlide7
Words from Lesson 6
Apathy: lack of interest; state of not caring
Officious: excessively eager to deliver unasked-for or unwanted help
Dilettante: one who merely dabbles in an art or scienceSlide8
Words from Lesson 7
Cynical: doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives
Ambivalent: having opposing attitudes or feelings toward a person, thing, or idea; unable to decide
Demagogue: a leader who appeals to citizens’ emotions to obtain power
Demure: quiet and modest; reserved
Destitute: extremely poor; lacking necessities like food and shelter
Culmination: the highest point of attainment; the end or climax
Concur: to be of the same opinion; to agree with