Vocabulary Unit 1
(n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
What is a coalition?
(n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
What is a millennium?
(adj.) roundabout, not direct
What is circuitous?
(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back
What is irrevocable?
(adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time
What is transient?
(adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality
What is hackneyed?
(n.) foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense
What is drivel?
(adj.) not decisive or definite; unwilling to take a clear position
What is noncommittal?
(n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
What is aura?
(n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution
What is amnesty?
(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
What is petulant?
(adj.) strict, sever; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
What is stringent?
(v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster
What is expedite?
(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
What is reverberate?
(v.) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
What is filch?
(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
What is assuage?
(adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise
What is callow?
(v.) to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take improperly for one's own use
What is peculate?
(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful
What is querulous?
(adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
What is salutary?
(n.) an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
What is umbrage?
(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence
What is aplomb?
(adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential
What is adventitious?
(adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
What is scurrilous?
(n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
What is caveat?