Unit 9 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Candid
(Adj) frank, sincere; impartial; in posed
Auxiliary
Giving assistance or support (adj)
A helper, aid ( n)
Cubicle
(N) a small room or compartment
Drudgery
(N) work that’s is hard and tiresome
Envoy
(N) a representative or messenger
Escalate
(V) to elevate; to increase in intensity
Expedient
(N) a means to an end; (adj) advantages useful
Feign
(V) to pretend
Flair
(N) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
Heterogeneous
(Adj) composed of diffrent kinds, diverse
Grievous
(Adj) causing sorrow or pain, serious
Horde
(N) a vast number(people); a throng
Impel
(V) to force, drive forward
Incredulous
(Adj) disbelieving, skeptical
Inscribe
(V) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
Monologue
(N) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
Prognosis
(N) a forecast of the probable course and the outcome of a disease or situation
Rasping
(Adj) with a harsh, grating sound; (n) a harsh sound
Repugnant
(Adj) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
Scuttle
(V) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in descive way; to run hastily,scurry, (n) a pail