Vocab unit 12

Aesthetic

(adj.) pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

Sentence: I don’t understand why people think minimalistic and neutral toned rooms are aesthetic. I find them boring and lacking color.

Defunct

(adj.) no longer in existence or functioning, dead

Sentence: The local store has been defunct for years. It closed during covid and never re-opened.

Discomfit

(v.) to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

Sentence: I am discomfited by my stomach growling during the exam. Everyone turned too look and I felt my cheeks grow red

Espouse

(v.) to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

Sentence: My friends espouse the idea of reading daily. They support the habit of reading every morning.

Fetish

(n.) an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

Sentence: When I found a four leaf clover it became my fetish. I bring it everywhere because I think it will bring me luck oneday.

Gregarious

(adj.) living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others → Social and extrovert

Sentence: My best friend and I could not be more opposite. I like hanging out in small groups whereas she is very gregarious and loves to get a big group together.

Hapless

(adj.) marked by a persistent absence of good luck → bad things always happen

Sentence: The hapless Charlie Brown is constantly tricked by Lucy into kicking the football. He is so unfortunate that he falls for her tick every time

Impeccable

(adj.) faultless, beyond criticism or blame

Sentence: The ballet dance was impeccable. She nailed every turn and her jumps were flawless

Importune

(v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

Sentence: I began to importune my parents for a new toy for days giving them all the reasons why I deserved it until they listened.

Interpolate

(v.) to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

Sentence: The scientists had to interpolate the missing data points on the graph using the known information and estimating the rest

Irreparable

(adj.) incapable of being repaired or rectified g—> unfixable

Sentence: The baseball flying into the window shattered the glass into a million pieces making it irreparable

Laconic

(adj.) concise, using few words

Sentence: Stanley is very laconic at the start of the play when he talked to Stella. He speaks to her in short, one word commands.

Languish

(v.) to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

Sentence: The neglected garden languishes in the summer heat becoming brown and drooping from lack of water

Mendacious

(adj.) given to lying or deception; untrue

Sentence: The mendacious student claimed that his dog ate his homework but he actually did not finish it.

Nadir

(n.) the lowest point

Sentence: After losing the 10th game in ar ow the team reached their nadir. I have never seen them so sad.

Omnipresent

(adj.) present in all places at all times

Sentence: Phones have become omnipresent in modern life. Everywhere I go people are always on their phones.

Perfunctory!!!!

(adj.) done in a superficial or half hearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

Sentence: My mom yelled at me because after I was done baking I gave the kitchen a quick perfunctory cleaning and left all the dishes in the sink

Plaintive

(adj.) expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy

Sentence: After putting my puppy in her crate she gave a plaintive cry. I felt so bad because she was so sad.

Requite

(v.) to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate

Sentence: He was happy to requite his neighbor’s kindness by mowing her lawn for her. The day before she had let his puppy out when he was gone.

Tantamount

(adj.) equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect

Sentence: While a B on a test may be amazing for some students, for others it is tantamount to failing