lesson 5 vocab

Accommodate

Give consideration to; allow or provide for

Acquisition

Something or someone acquired, gained, or added

Ambivalent

Simultaneaou, contradictory feelings toward a object person idea or action

Benevolent

Marked or disposed to doing good

Brazen

Showing contemptuous boldness

cryptic

Having or appearing to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning

Enigmatic

Ambiguous; mystifying; perplexing

Extricate

Set free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty

Fluctuate

Change or vary continually or irregularly

Grimace

Facial expression usually of pain, displeasure, or disapproval

Grotesque

Odd, distorted, or unnatural in appearance, shape or manner

Neophyte

Person new at something

Placard

Notice posted in a public place

Plagiarize

Pass of someone’s ideas as your own

Precarious

Dependent on circumstances or chance

Solace

Easing of sorrow, discomfort, or anxiety

Synopsis

Brief statement giving a condensation, review, outline, as of a book or play

Translucent

Permitting light to pass but diffusing it so that object on the other side cannot be clearly seen

travail

Arduous work

waver

Exhibit doubt or indecision; become unsteady or unsure