Vocabulary Unit 9

Flashcards for vocabulary unit 9.

Apathy (noun)

Lack of feeling; lack of concern or interest.

Assent (verb/noun)

To agree to something; agreement.

Cede (verb)

To yield; to give up control over; to surrender possession of, especially by treaty.

Concurrent (adjective)

Happening at the same time; simultaneous.

Cursory (adjective)

Done quickly and not thoroughly; hasty.

Discursive (adjective)

Moving from one topic to another without order; rambling; coming to a conclusion by reasoning; analytical.

Egress (noun/verb)

A path or an opening for going out; an exit; the act of coming or going out; emergence, to go out; to emerge.

Empathy (noun)

An identification with and understanding of other people's feelings and situations.

Gradation (noun)

A systematic progression; a series of gradual changes; a passing, by almost imperceptible degrees, from one tone or shade to another.

Inadvertently (adverb)

Accidentally; unintentionally.

Incontrovertible (adjective)

Unquestionable; impossible to dispute.

Incur (verb)

To bring about something undesirable as a result of one's own actions.

Invert (verb)

To turn upside down or inside out; to reverse the position or order of.

Pathetic (adjective)

Arousing compassion or pity.

Precursor (noun)

Something or someone that comes before another; a forerunner or predecessor.

Recourse (noun)

The act of turning to someone or something for help or security; someone or something that is turned to for help or security

Regress (verb)

To go back to a previous, often worse or less developed, state; to revert.

Succor (noun/verb)

Assistance in time of need; relief; to provide assistance in time of need.

Transgress (verb)

To go beyond a limit or boundary; to break a law or code by overstepping limits.

Unprecedented (adjective)

Not done or known before; without previous example.