Vocabulary-Chapter 9

affinity

(n.) an attraction to someone or something

blanch

(v.) to whiten

component

(n.) a part

descend

(v.) to move from a higher place to a lower place

diplomat

(n.) one who represents a government in dealing with other governments

diverse

(adj.) different

endorse

(v.) to approve

fantasy

(n.) imagination

frequency

(n.) how often something happens

hedge

(n.) a row of bushes; (v.) to avoid

incise

(v.) to cut into

knoll

(n.) a rounded hill

monarchy

(n.) a government under one leader determined by birth

opaque

(adj.) not transparent

plunder

(v.) to rob by open force; (n.) anything taken by robbery

recess

(n.) a pause in an activity

secrete

(v.) to give off fluids from a living body

stammer

(v.) to make accidental interruptions in speech

tranquil

(adj.) calm

voluble

(adj.) talkative

c. fabricate

(v.) to make up

c. innovate

(v.) to develop a new way of doing something

c. retrospect

(n.) the act of thinking about the past

c. supplant

(v.) to take the place of through trickery

c. tenacious

(adj.) persistent