Unit 6

Avow

To promise

Frenetic

Frenzied; frantic

Bohemian

Unconventional (in an artistic way)

Ingrate

Ungrateful person

Hauteur

Arrogance, snobbery

Accolade

Award of merit; strong praise and approvals; deserving praise

Nepotism

Favoritism towards family

Granulate

Form into grains or granules

Ambience

Environment; atmosphere

Conjecture

Guessed, unproved thesis

Chicanery

Trickery; attempt to deceive

Inverse

Opposite

Guy

Cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied

Curator

Superintendent; manager of a museum or library

Apologist

One who writes in defense of a cause or institution

Conspire

To plot secretly or illegally

Predatory

Greedy, voracious

Accede

To give consent or agreement

Contusion

Bruise

Gravity

Heaviness, seriousness

Vegetate

Live in a monotonous way

Bellow

To yell

Nourishment

Something that nourishes; food

Beseech

To beg or implore

Hatch

Deck opening; lid covering a deck opening

Algae

Seaweed

Faze

To surprise, to confuse

Omniscient

All knowing

Ambrosia

Extremely tasty food; divine food

Choleric

Easily angered

Nexus

Connection

Odyssey

Long, eventful, adventurous journey

Perennial

Something long

Vehement

Said with intensity or force

Eclectic

Miscellaneous; varied

Precocious

Advanced in development

Infraction

Violation of a rule or regulation

Sullen

Silently showing ill humor or resentment; gloomy

Urbane

Sophisticated; cosmopolitan

Rider

Amendment or clause added to a bill

Offshoot

A thing branching off from the main

Pharisaical

Self

Germinate

To sprout or cause to sprout

Sacrilegious

Disrespectful of something sacred

Monochrome

Painting in only one color

Recount

To narrate or tell; count over again

Junta

Military rule

Malinger

To pretend to be ill to avoid working

Gnome

Dwarf; underground spirit

Primal

First in rank or importance; original