Lesson 9

100

v. to gather things together, usually for pleasure or profit

Amass

100

n. a young bird just ready to fly

n. an inexperienced person

Fledging

100

n. a great quantity or amount; an abundance

Profusion

200

n. a showy or false display of courage

Bravado

200

adj. extravagant and abundant

adj. excessively generous

v. to give generously and extravagantly

Lavish

200

n. a person who lives a secluded, solitary life

Recluse

300

v. to feel or to express sorrow; to sympathize

Commiserate

300

n. a collection of animals on display

Menagerie

300

adj. nervously excitable

Skittish

400

v. to prevent from doing or happening

Deter

400

adj. of or dealing with magic or the supernatural

Occult

400

adj. actual; real; capable of being perceived by the senses

Tangible

500

n. an inoffensive term substituted for an offensive term

Euphemism

500

adj. of, near, or related to the outer edge or boundary

Peripheral

500

v. to move in or cause to move in a wavelike motion

Undulate