Units 1-6 vocabulary
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- poised
- in full control of your faculties
- maul
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- indifference
- the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
- ultimate
- being the last or concluding element of a series
- renovate
- give new life or energy to
- snare
- a trap for birds or small mammals
- entreat
- ask for or request earnestly
- iota
- the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
- inflammable
- possible to burn
- downright
- complete and without restriction or qualification
- animated
- having life or vigor or spirit
- available
- obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service
- orthodox
- adhering to what is commonly accepted
- anecdote
- short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
- oration
- an instance of oratory
- ingredient
- a component of a mixture or compound
- uncertainty
- being unsettled or in doubt
- loom
- a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
- alight
- come down
- fruitless
- unproductive of success
- upright
- a piano with a vertical sounding board
- interrogate
- pose a series of questions to
- culminate
- end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- scurry
- to move about or proceed hurriedly
- firebrand
- someone who deliberately foments trouble
- browse
- the act of feeding by continual nibbling
- tamper
- a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- preview
- a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
- grim
- shockingly repellent
- drone
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- plague
- an annoyance
- hurtle
- throw forcefully
- seethe
- boil vigorously
- dupe
- a person who is tricked or swindled
- interminable
- tiresomely long
- verify
- confirm the truth of
- pelt
- body covering of a living animal
- brood
- the young of an animal cared for at one time
- literate
- a person who can read and write
- scrimp
- subsist on a meager allowance
- fallible
- likely to fail or be inaccurate
- regime
- (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
- spirited
- made lively or spirited
- transparent
- transmitting light
- procure
- arrange for sexual partners for others
- reluctant
- not eager
- virtual
- Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
- foretaste
- an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
- mutual
- concerning each of two or more persons or things
- customary
- commonly used or practiced
- void
- an empty area or space
- dishearten
- take away the enthusiasm of
- malignant
- extremely malevolent or malicious
- lubricate
- make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant
- eradicate
- kill in large numbers
- peevish
- easily irritated or annoyed
- makeshift
- something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
- indignant
- angered at something unjust or wrong
- homicide
- the killing of a human being by another human being
- inimitable
- defying imitation
- mortify
- undergo necrosis
- quaint
- strange in an interesting or pleasing way
- sullen
- darkened by clouds
- marginal
- of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower class
- goad
- goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
- frustrate
- treat cruelly
- truce
- a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
- inflict
- impose something unpleasant
- dissuade
- turn away from by persuasion
- insinuate
- give to understand
- bewilder
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- counterfeit
- a copy that is represented as the original
- disrupt
- interfere in someone else's activity
- fugitive
- someone who is sought by law officers
- dynasty
- a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- sodden
- wet through and through
- pending
- awaiting conclusion or confirmation
- cater
- supply food ready to eat
- radiant
- radiating or as if radiating light
- dominate
- have dominance or the power to defeat over
- prescribe
- issue commands or orders for
- buffoon
- a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
- vicious
- marked by deep ill will
- hazard
- an obstacle on a golf course
- utmost
- the greatest possible degree
- alliance
- the act of forming an alliance or confederation
- trickle
- flowing in drops
- recompense
- the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
- indulge
- yield (to)
- adjacent
- near or close to but not necessarily touching
- anonymous
- having no known name or identity or known source
- docile
- willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
- controversial
- marked by or capable of arousing controversy
- dynamic
- an efficient incentive
- unscathed
- wholly unharmed
- prominent
- conspicuous in position or importance
- miscellaneous
- constituting a grab-bag category
- retard
- a person of subnormal intelligence
- luster
- the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
- yearn
- have affection for
- rural
- living in or characteristic of farming or country life
- tactful
- showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people
- trivial
- not large enough to consider or notice
- wayward
- resistant to guidance or discipline
- wince
- a reflex response to sudden pain
- consolidate
- make firm or secure
- singe
- a surface burn
- grimy
- thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
- humdrum
- tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
- resume
- a summary of your academic and work history
- germinate
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
- vengeance
- the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
- indispensable
- unavoidable
- potential
- the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
- substantial
- fairly large
- unique
- highly unusual or rare but not the single instance
- entrepreneur
- someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
- fickle
- liable to sudden unpredictable change
- barren
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation