Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 11

appease

(v.) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to

belated

(adj.) late, tardy

calamitous

(adj.) causing great misfortune

cite

(v.) to quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court; to commend, recommend

conventional

(adj.) in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite

decoy

(v.) to lure into a trap;

(n.) a person or thing used to lure into a trap

delve

(v.) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into

ensue

(v.) to follow in order, come immediately after, and as a result

gallantry

(n.) heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy

impart

(v.) to make known, tell; to give, pass something on

judicious

(adj.) using or showing good judgement, wise, sensible

mediate

(v.) to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between;

(adj.) occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary

milieu

(n.) the setting, surroundings, environment

outlandish

(adj.) strange,freakish, weird, foreign-looking; out-of-the-way, geographically remote; exceeding reasonable limits

overbearing

(adj.) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant

pert

(adj.) high-spirited; lively; bold, saucy; jaunty

quirk

(n.) a peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn

regale

(v.) to feast, entertain agreeably

shiftless

(adj.) lazy, lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient

Universal

Including a whole without exception; occurring or existing everywhere