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Unit 4 - Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Frivolous | of little importance not worthy of serious attention |
| Blase | Indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures |
| Bolster | to support; give a boost to; A long pillow or cushion |
| Obesess | to trouble, haunt or fill the mind |
| Porous | Full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water |
| Annul | To reduce to nothing |
| Pronos | lying face down; inclined, likely |
| Sustain | to support nourish, keep up; to suffer undergo; to bear up under, with stand to affirm the validity of |
| Promontory | a high point of land extending into water |
| Nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| Oust | to remove outt of a position or place |
| Deplore | to feel or express, regret or disporval |
| Qualm | a pang of conscience, uneasiness missgiving or doubt a feeling or faintness or nausea |
| Peruse | to read throughy or carefully |
| Staid | serious and dignified quite or subdued in character or conduct |
| Ornate | elaborately decorated; showily spendid |
| Recourse | a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or production |
| Residue | A remainder, that which remains when a part has been use up and removed |
| Muster | to bring together for service or battle to gather or summon; to amount to; comprise; include; a list of men for military service;agethering accumulation |
| Solicitous | showing concern or care; fearful or anxious abot someone or something |