Unit Vocabulary – Pages 1

40 vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and definitions from the lecture notes.

Apt

Suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

Awry

In a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong; out of the right or hoped-for course

Bludgeon

A short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain a point

Capitulate

To end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel

Chafe

To warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing

Defile

To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in a single line or in columns; a narrow passage, gorge, or canyon

Dire

Dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

Disarming

Charming; tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion

Disgruntled

In bad humor, discontented, annoyed

Encroach

To advance beyond the usual or proper limits; trespass

Endow

To furnish, equip, or provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

Fend

To ward off, resist; to get along, manage

Impunity

Freedom from punishment

Mien

Air, manner; appearance; expression

Penal

Having to do with punishment

Pertinent

Related to the matter at hand; to the point

Predominant

The greatest in strength or power; most common

Prodigy

Something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent

Recluse

A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

Renown

Fame, glory

Accord

Agreement, harmony; to agree, be in harmony, or bring into harmony; to grant, bestow on

Barter

An exchange in trade; to exchange goods

Curt

Short, rudely brief

Devise

To think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

Dexterous

Skillful in the use of hands or body; clever

Engross

To occupy the complete attention; absorb fully

Entail

To put a burden on, impose, require, involve; to restrict ownership of property by limiting inheritance; such a restriction

Ferret

A kind of weasel; to search or hunt out; to torment, badger

Habituate

To become used to; to cause to become used to

Impending

About to happen; hanging over in a menacing way

Personable

Pleasing in appearance or personality; attractive

Rue

To regret, be sorry for; a feeling of regret

Scoff

To make fun of; to show contempt for

Transition

A change from one state or condition to another

Trepidation

Fear, fright, trembling

Upbraid

To blame, scold, find fault with

Veritable

Actual, true, real

Vex

To annoy, anger, exasperate; to confuse, baffle

Vitality

Strength, energy, liveliness; the capacity to live and develop; the power to endure or survive

Whimsical

Subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable