Units 4-6 Book Units

Misinformation

n. untrue or wrong information

Reform

v. to bring back to rightness, order, or morality

Formative

adj. occuring at the time of most influence

Inept

adj. unskilled; clumsy

Adept

adj. expert; skilled at

Aptitude

n. a skill or suitability for

Posit

v. to put forth; to assert

Impose

v. to forcibly place upon

Disposition

n. one's attitude or mood

Figment

n. something invented or imaginary

Effigy

n. a figure constructed in mockery

Prefigure

v. to look like or predict a later thing or event

Legacy

n. a body of ideas, achievements, and morals

Delegate

v. to divide up, especially responsibilities

Agenda

n. a plan of action; a purpose

Proactive

adj. seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

Exacting

adj. demanding perfection; strict

Repulsion

n. a desire to avoid; disgust

Dispel

v. to scatter about; to break up

Propel

v. to cause to move forward; to push

Relative

adj. dependent upon

Superlative

adj. excellent; above all others

Dilate

v. to widen

Recant

v. to formally withdraw

Incantation

n. a ritual chant

Disenchanted

adj. losing fondness for; disillusioned

Inaudible

adj. so quiet as to be impossible to hear

Auditory

adj. having to do with the sense of hearing

Audit

n. a thorough review

Dissonance

n. unpleasant or unharmonious sound

Assonance

n. similarity of word sounds, especially vowels

Resonant

adj. having an effect; powerful

Analagous

adj. comparable to; like

Dialogue

n. communication between two or more people

Prologue

n. a speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event