Unit 7 vocab 🐥

abeyance

abeyance

• (n.) a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside

ambivalent

• (adj.) having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something

beleaguer

• (v.) to set upon from all sides

• (v.) to surround with an army

• (v.) to trouble, harass

carte blanche

• (n.) full freedom or authority to act at one’s own discretion

cataclysm

• (n.) a sudden, violent or devastating upheaval

• (n.) a surging flood, deluge

debauch

• (v.) to corrupt morally, seduce

• (v.) to indulge in dissipation

• (n.) an act or occasion of dissipation or vice

éclat

• (n.) dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim

• (n.) great brilliance (of performance or achievement)

fastidious

• (adj.) overly demanding or hard to please

• (adj.) excessively careful in regard to details

• (adj.) easily disgusted

gambol

• (v.) to jump or skip about playfully

imbue

• (v.) to soak or stain thoroughly

• (v.) to fill the mind

inchoate

• (adj.) just beginning

• (adj.) not fully shaped or formed

lampoon

• (n.) a malicious satire

• (v.) to satirize, ridicule

malleable

• (adj.) capable of being formed into different shapes

• (adj.) capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced

nemesis

• (n.) an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment

• (n.) retribution itself

• (n.) an unbeatable rival

opt

• (v.) to make a choice or decision

philistine

• (adj.) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinements

• (n.) such a person

picaresque

• (adj.) involving or characteristic of clever rogues or adventurers

queasy

• (adj.) nauseated or uneasy; causing nausea or uneasiness

• (adj.) troubled

refractory

• (adj.) stubborn; hard or difficult to manage

• (adj.) not responsive to treatment or cure

savoir-faire

• (n.) the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation

• (n.) social competence