English - Lesson 6

adversary

an opponent in a contest, conflic, or dispute (n)

aesthetic

concerned with beauty and the appreciation of beauty (adj)

bolster

support or strengthen;prop up (verb)

candid

truthful and straightforward;frank (adj)

dearth

a scarcity or lack of something (n)

comission

a group of people given a specific task; comittee (n)

headlong

carelessly; brashly; recklessly; with force (adv)

unacceptable

not satisfactory; intolerable (adj)

estimate

an educated guess; an approximate value (n)

sounding

a measurement of the depth of water (n)

inconsistent

not regular; lacking logic (adj)

vicinity

a location near a place; area (n)

headway

movement in a forward direction; progress (n)

notorious

well known - sometimes in an unfavorable way (adj)

establish

to set up; to begin(v)