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unit 4-1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| annul | |
| blase' | |
| bolster | |
| deplore | |
| frivolous | |
| muster | to bring together for service or battle to gather or summon to amount to comprise include a list of military personal a gathering accumulate |
| nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| obsess | to trouble haunt or fill the mind |
| ornate | |
| oust | |
| peruse | |
| porous | full of tiny hold\es able to be penetrated by air or water |
| promontory | a high point of land extending into water |
| prone | lying face down ; inclined likely |
| qualm | a pang of conscience , uneasiness , misgiving , or doubt a feeling of faintness or nausea |
| recourse | a person or thing turned to for help or advice the act of seeking help or protection |
| residue | a remainder that which remains what a part has been used up or removed |
| solicitous | showing concern or care , fearful or anxious about someone or something |
| staid | serious and dignified quiet or subdued in character or conduct |
| sustain | to support nourish keep up to suffer undergo to bear up under withstand to affirm the validity |