Vocab Unit 8 & 9

vocab units 8 and 9

importune

to urgent or beg without end

importunate

extremely demanding and insistent

rapport

a positive relationship

insufferable

impossible to bear and intolerable

preferential

giving or showing an advantage to one over another

conferment

the act of bestowing; a formal offer

periphery

the outermost part or boundary

euphoria

a feeling of great happiness or well-being

congested

overcrowded and too tightly packed

gestate

to conceive and develop in the mind or body

gesticulate

to make gestures for emphasis

solipsism

the theory that the self is the only reality; self-absorbtion

desolate

deserted and lonely

soliloquy

a literary or dramatic speech spoken by a solitary character

monotonous

unvarying; lacking in variety

monosyllabic

having only one syllable

monotone

a sameness of sound, style, manner, or color

divulge

to make public

vulgar

of the common people

polymath

a person with knowledge of many subjects

hoi polloi

the common people; the masses

polyglot

a person with a knowledge of several languages