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Set 8 - Vocab Set
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambitious | Eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal |
| Animosity | A feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action |
| Avail | Advantage; use; efficacy; effective use in the achievement of goal |
| Bested | To get better of; defeat; beat |
| Compress | To press together; to force into less space |
| Detestable | Inspiring or deserving abhorrence |
| Disgruntled | Displeased & disconnected |
| Duplicity | Deceitfulness in speech or conduct; double-dealing |
| Fabricated | Something Manufactured, Especially an untrue statement |
| Harbor | To give Shelter to; offer refuge to |
| Incorporate | To include or be included as a part or member of a whole; merge |
| Malfunction | Failure to function properly |
| Mock | To attack or ridicule or contempt |
| Premonition | Feeling of anticipation about the future |
| Palpable | Readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived |
| Prolific | Producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive |
| Prolong | To lengthen out time; extend the duration of |
| Rescind | To retract, revoke, or repeal |
| Synthetic | Noting or pertaining compounds formed through chemical process by human agency as opposed to natural origin |
| Vanity | Excessive pride in one’s appearance , qualities , abilities , achievement |