07 - Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson 7 (Book 4)

convoluted

(adj.) complicated; intricate; jumbled

nexus

(n.) a link, tie, or band; a connection

gibberish

(n.) nonsense; unintelligible speech

staid

(adj.) showing dignity and often strait-laced propriety

incumbent

(adj.) obligatory; necessary; required

cogent

(adj.) convincing; reasonable

entreat

(v.) to earnestly request or petition; to implore

churlish

(adj.) boorish or vulgar; rude

coeval

(adj.) of the same time period

inimical

(adj.) unfriendly; hostile; malicious

dilatory

(adj.) tending to delay or procrastinate; unhurried

anecdote

(n.) a short account of an incident; narrative

promulgate

(v.) to announce; to make known

livid

(adj.) extremely angry

lurid

(adj.) shocking; explicit

spect

look

vid/vis

see

aud

hear

circum-

around

in-

not/in/upon/against