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Level G Unit 12
Term | Definition |
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Aesthetic | (adj.) pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty |
Defunct | (adj.) no longer in existence or functioning, dead |
Discomfit | (v.) to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass |
Espouse | (v.) to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry |
Fetish | (n.) an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence |
Gregarious | (adj.) living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others |
Hapless | (adj.) marked by a persistent absence of good luck |
Impeccable | (adj.) faultless, beyond criticism or blame |
Importune | (v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently |
Interpolate | (v.) to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction |
Irreparable | (adj.) incapable of being repaired or rectified |
Laconic | (adj.) concise, using few words |
Languish | (v.) to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect |
Mendacious | (adj.) given to lying or deception; untrue |
Nadir | (n.) the lowest point |
Omnipresent | (adj.) present in all places at all times |
Perfunctory | (adj.) done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm |
Plaintive | (adj.) expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy |
Requite | (v.) to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate |
Tantamount | (adj.) equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect |