Vocabulary Unit 1
(v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement
What is intercede?
(v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
What is infringe?
(v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress
What is commiserate?
(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
What is resilient?
(adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
What is fractious?
(n.) a gap, opening, break ( in the sense of having an element missing)
What is hiatus?
(adj.) characterized by excessive haste
What is precipitate?
(n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another
What is acculturation?
(adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
What is sleazy?
(adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
What is vapid?
(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
What is elicit?
(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
What is exhort?
(adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)
What is vitriolic?
(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
What is affable?
(v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
What is blazon?
(adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
What is jaded?
(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)
What is ingratiate?
(adj.) existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously
What is nominal?
(n.) an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing
What is archetype?
(adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
What is scathing?
(adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise
What is meritorious?
(v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
What is inveigh?
(v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute
What is ascribe?
(v.) to argue with someone against something, protest against
What is remonstrate?
(v.) to mock, treat with contempt
What is flout?