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Vocab Level D 7-15
Level D units 7-15, these are the most missed words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully | assimilate |
| to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size | inundate |
| very important | momentous |
| noisy; unruly, disorderly | obstreperous |
| thoughtful; melancholy | pensive |
| angry and bad tempered; rude | surly |
| a long, angry speech, usually very critical | tirade |
| an idle wanderer, tramp; wandering aimlessy | vagrant |
| to lesson, diminish | dwindle |
| ridiculous, senseless | preposterous |
| a dept; something disadvantageous | liability |
| quarrelsome, fond of fighting | pugnacious |
| to reward, pay, reimburse | remunerate |
| meager, scant; scattered | sparse |
| to twist out of shape; an abnormality | warp |
| givving assistance or support; a helper, aid | auxiliary |
| frank, sincere, impartial; unposed | candid |
| a means to an end; advantageous, useful | expedient |
| disbelieving, skeptical | incredulous |
| a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation | prognosis |
| offensive, disagreeable, disasteful | repugnant |
| bare, dreary, dismal | bleak |
| to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; a feat, deed | exploit |
| made or delivered on the spur of the moment | extremporaneous |
| foward; undesirably prominent; thrust out | obstrusive |
| to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract | render |
| rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy | rugged |
| inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true | skeptical |
| untidy in dress, personal habits, ect.; careless, sloppy | slipshod |
| to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement | comport |
| expressing much in a few words | concise |
| sober or serious in manner, modest | demure |
| to tell, reveal, to make public | divulge |
| to prevent by acting first | forestall |
| to distort in such a way as to make unintelligable | garble |
| one who puts foward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief | proponent |
| to spring back, shrink; the act of springing back | recoil |
| unyeilding, harsh, without pity | relentless |
| a small stream | rivulet |
| to spend foolishly, waste | squander |
| detached or disconnected in sound of style | staccato |