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Vocabulary unit 9
Term | Definition |
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apt | suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
awry | in a turned or twisted position or direction;wrong, out of the right of hoped-for course |
bludgeon | short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
capitulate | short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
chafe | to warm by rubbing, to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
defile | to make unclean or dirty; destroy the purity of; to march in a single line; a narrow passage;gorge,canyon |
dire | dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
disarming | charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
disgruntled | in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
encroach | to advance beyond the usually or proper limits, trespass |
endow | to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality |
fend | to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
impunity | freedom from punishment |
mien | air, manner; appearance; expression |
penal | having to do with punishment |
pertinent | related to the matter at hand,to the point |
predominant | the greatest in strength or power; most common |
prodigy | something wonderful or marvelous;something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
recluse | a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
renown | fame, glory |