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recluse | (n) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world (hermit, loner) |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