Vocabulary
Unit 7!
1. apex - the highest point; tip! 2. assimilate - to absorb fully; to adopt as ones own; to adapt fully! 3. bogus - false, counterfeit! 4. interim - the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time! 5. inundate - to ood, overow; to overwhelm by numbers or size! 6. malign - to speak evil of, slander; evil! 7. meander - to wander about, wind about; a sharp turn or twist ! 8. momentous - very important! 9. obstreperous - noisy, unruly, disorderly! [Link] - thoughtful; melancholy! [Link] - dangerous! [Link] - of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship! [Link] - lively, full of life; spicy, avorful! [Link] - angry and bad tempered; rude!
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4. dwindle - to lessen; diminish ! 5. ippant - lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy ! 6. immunity - resistance to disease; freedom from some change or obligation ! 7. institute - to establish, set up; organization that promotes learning! 8. liability - a debt; something disadvantageous ! 9. preposterous - ridiculous, senseless! [Link] - quarrelsome, fond of ghting! [Link] - furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme; mad; infected with rabies ! [Link] - to make young again; to make like new! [Link] - to reward, pay, reimburse! [Link] - to twist out of shape; an abnormality !
Unit 9!
1. auxiliary - giving assistance or support; a helper, aid! 2. candid - frank, sincere; impartial; unposed! 3. envoy - a representative or messenger (as of a government)! 4. escalate - to elevate; to increase in intensity ! 5. expedient - to means to an end; advantageous, useful ! 6. feign - to pretend! 7. air - a natural quality, talent, or skill: a distinctive style!
Unit 8!
1. assurance - a pledge; freedom from doubt, self condence! 2. console - to comfort; the keyboard of an organ; a control panel for an electrical or mechanical device! 3. dilate - to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon!
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8. grievous - causing sorrow or pain; serious! 9. horde - a vast number (as of people); a throng! [Link] - to force, drive forward ! [Link] - with a harsh, grating sound; a harsh sound! [Link] - to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry; a pail!
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[Link] - forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out! [Link] - an introduction to a speech or piece or writing!
Unit 11!
1. brevity - shortness! 2. concise - expressing much in few words! 3. enlightened - free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding! 4. forestall - to prevent by acting rst! 5. garble - to distort in such a way to make unintelligible! 6. proponent - one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief! 7. quaver - to shake, tremble; to trill ! 8. recoil - to spring back, shrink; the act of springing back! 9. recoup - to make up for, regian ! [Link] - an unpleasant smell; to give off unpleasant smells to give a strong impression! [Link] - unyielding, harsh, without pity! [Link] - a small stream! [Link] - detatched or disconnected in sound or style! [Link] - a law!
Unit 10!
1. adept - thoroughly skilled; an expert! 2. aspire - to have ambitions, hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal; desire earnestly; to ascend! 3. bleak - bare, dreary, dismal! 4. chide - to blame, scold! 5. despicable - worthy of scorn, contemptible! 6. diminutive - small, smaller than most others of the same type! 7. erroneous - incorrect, containing mistakes! 8. exploit - to make use of, develop; to make improper use of it for personally prot; a fear, deed! 9. extemporaneous - made or delivered on the spur of a moment! [Link] - to make imperfect, damage, harm! [Link] - not able to be defeated, unbeatable! [Link] - dropping; without energy, sluggish! [Link] - mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation; to get stuck !
Unit 12!
1. appreciable - sufcient to be noticed or measured#
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2. blasphemy - an act, utterance or writing showing contempt for something sacred! 3. brawny - strong, muscular ! 4. concerted - planned or preformed in cooperation with others! 5. humane - kind, merciful ! 6. illustrious - very famous, distinguished! 7. intolerable - unbearable ! 8. irreverent - disrespectful! 9. laborious - not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking! [Link] - bending easily, limber! [Link] - made or put together by people; something articial ! [Link] - mild, moderate! [Link] - poisonous; spiteful, mean ! [Link] - sly, shrewd, cunning
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