Unit 4

Halting

hesitantly faltering; not fluent

Crop

V. cut off unwanted parts of a photograph; graze

Dapper

neat and trim, neat in appearance and quick in movements

Blunder

error; stupid mistake

Choice

delicately of a very fine quality

Rumble

make or move with a deep rolling sound(as thunder or stomach)

Venturesome

bold; adventurous; daring

Nourish

provide with food necessary for life and growth

Unerring

perfect, infallible, without errors

Enforce

to put pressure on, to make sure the law is obeyed

Pillage

plunder

Relevant

being on topic, relating to

Char

make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal

Stem

stop or check(the flow of)

Osmosis

diffusion of a fluid through a semipermeable membrane

Outcast

one that has been excluded from a society

Florescence

condition or period of flowering

Mayhem

injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder

Dismember

cut into small parts

Crescendo

rise or build in sound or momentum

Cozen

cheat; hoodwink; swindle

Titillate

tickle; excite pleasantly

Putrescent

becoming putrid; putrefying

Bearing

deportment connection

Residual

remaining; left over; of a residue

Forefend

to ward off or repel

Forthcoming

happening in the near future; ready; willing to help

Epistemologist

philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge

Retinue

following; attendants

Habitat

natural home of a plant or animal

Coalition

organization created for a purpose

Barricade

barrier

Proceed

to continue, to go forward

Aghast

filled with great surprise or fear; horrified

Sustain

support

Deify

turning into a god; make a god of; idolize

Disaffected

disloyal; lacking loyalty

Maudlin

strongly emotional or sentimental(negative)

Vagabond

wanderer(without a permanent home)

Erudite

well educated, learned

Terminology

terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature

Surveillance

close observation of a person

Sleeper

one that achieves unexpected success

Seep

pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle

Taint

contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad

Tumult

commotion of a great crowd; riot

Mirage

hallucination, an imagined vision

Intravenous

through the veins(needle)

Brook

to allow or tolerate

Inanimate

lifeless; not animate