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Unit 11 Vocabulary
E.L.A
Term | Definition |
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1. Appease | (v.) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to |
2. Belated | (adj.) late, tardy |
3. Calamitous | (adj.) causing great misfortune |
4. Cite | (v.) to quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court; to commend, recommend |
5. Conventional | (adj.) in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite |
6. Decoy | (v.)to lure into a trap; (n.) a person or thing used to lure into a trap |
7. Delve | (v.) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into |
8.Ensue | (v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result |
9.Gallantry | (n.) heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy |
10. Impart | (v.)to make known, tell; to give, pass something on |
11. Judicious | (adj.) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible |
12. Mediate | (v.)to bring about an agreement between persons or groups , act as a go-between; (adj.) occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary |
13. Millieu | (n.) the setting, surroundings, environment |
14. Outlandish | (adj.) strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking; out-of-the-way, geographically remote; exceeding reasonable limits |
15. Overbearing | (adj.) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant |
16. Pert | (adj.) high-spirited; lively; bold, saucy; jaunty |
17. Quirk | (n.) |