Lesson 9
v. to gather things together, usually for pleasure or profit
Amass
n. a young bird just ready to fly
n. an inexperienced person
Fledging
n. a great quantity or amount; an abundance
Profusion
n. a showy or false display of courage
Bravado
adj. extravagant and abundant
adj. excessively generous
v. to give generously and extravagantly
Lavish
n. a person who lives a secluded, solitary life
Recluse
v. to feel or to express sorrow; to sympathize
Commiserate
n. a collection of animals on display
Menagerie
adj. nervously excitable
Skittish
v. to prevent from doing or happening
Deter
adj. of or dealing with magic or the supernatural
Occult
adj. actual; real; capable of being perceived by the senses
Tangible
n. an inoffensive term substituted for an offensive term
Euphemism
adj. of, near, or related to the outer edge or boundary
Peripheral
v. to move in or cause to move in a wavelike motion
Undulate