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Unit 1

Chapter 1

• Absolve - to clear of guilt
• Adamant - to be firm about, set in
• Amiable - kind, good-natured
• Amoral - without good morals/ethical principle
• Animosity - hatred
• Antagonist - enemy
• Eccentric - varying, strange, odd
• Encounter - meeting
• Epitome - the example of/face of
• Malign - to speak ill of, talk ish about

Chapter 2

• acclaim - praise
• adjacent- near, close to, next to
• elicit - to bring out/draw forth
• engross - to hold interest of
• escalate - to rise, expand, increase, intensify
• exploit- to take advantage of/ use selfishly or unethically
• methodical - with a method, done in a certain way, orderly
• obsolete - no longer active or in use, extinct
• tangible - able to touch/feel, solid
• terminate - to end

Chapter 3

• allusion - nod to/hint to
• altruistic - unselfish
• appease - to please, to calm
• arbitrary - impulsive
• assail - to attack
• banal - unoriginal
• euphemism - a term that doesn’t offend/a softer term
• mercenary - greedy
• syndrome - a group of symptoms
• taint - negatively effect - to damage

Chapter 4

• Calamity - a tragedy
• Comprehensive - complete
• Conventional - usual
• Flagrant - obvious, blatant
• Fluctuate - to change/vary
• Persevere - to keep going
• Ponder - to think about
• Rehabilitate - to return to normal life
• Turmoil - conflict/disorder
• Venture - to dare

Chapter 5

• Attest - to declare to be true
• Attribute - a characteristic
• Discern - to see clearly
• Dispatch - to send to a specific place or to specific business
• Enhance - to make better
• Enigma - a puzzle
• Exemplify - to illustrate
• Mobile - movable
• Nocturnal - of the night
• Orient - to locate

Unit 2

Chapter 6

• Concurrent - occurring at the same time
• Confiscate - to take away, take possession of
• Constitute - to form
• Decipher - to make sense of, figure out
• Default - to not do as expected
• Hypothetical - made up, imaginary
• Nominal - very little
• Predominant - main
• Prerequisite - a requirement
• Recession - an economic setback

Chapter 7

• Degenerate - to get worse
• Implausible - not valid, unbelievable, unlikely
• Incoherent - not understandable, unclear
• Intercede - to plead for someone
• Intricate - detailed, complicated
• Sanctuary - safety, comfort, shelter
• Scrutiny - criticism, attention, examination, inspection
• Sinister - evil
• Suffice - to be enough, adequate
• Vulnerable - open to attack, unguarded, susceptible

Chapter 8

• Blatant - unmistakeable
• Blight - something that hurts
• Contrive - to think up
• Garble - to jumble
• Gaunt - very thin
• Gloat - to be overly self satisfied
• Immaculate - very clean, spotless
• Plagiarism - the stealing of ideas
• Qualm - a guilty feeling
• Retaliate - to take revenge

Chapter 9

• Curtail - to shorten
• Devastate - to lay ruin to, to greatly upset
• Digress - to go off the subject
• Incentive - encouragement, goal
• Incorporate - to blend, combine, join together
• Indispensable - needed
• Intermittent - irregular
• Rigor - work, hardship
• Squander - to misuse, waste
• Succumb - to give up, yield

Chapter 10

• Alleviate - to ease
• Benefactor - financial supporter
• Covert - hidden, secret
• Cynic - someone who thinks the worst about things
• Demise - death
• Infamous - having a bad reputation
• Intrinsic - fundamental
• Revulsion - hatred
• Speculate - to guess
• Virile - having attractive male qualities

Unit 3

Chapter 11

• Abstain :: to sacrifice; deny oneself
• Affiliate :: to join; associate
• Agnostic :: one who feels we can’t know if a god exists
• Aspire :: goal, want, wish
• Benevolent :: charitable
• Deficit - a lack
• Dissent - opposition
• Diversion - a way to relax
• Lucrative - making a lot of money, financially rewarding
• Mandatory - required, essential

Chapter 12

• Charisma - charm, personal appeal
• Contemporary - today’s
• Contend - to declare
• Conversely - in contrast
• Extrovert - one who enjoys socialization
• Poignant - affecting the emotions
• Prevalent - known, noticeable, found frequently
• Proponent - a supporter
• Quest - journey, hunt
• Traumatic - something causing trauma; negatively impactful; extremely upsetting

Chapter 13

• Congenial - friendly
• Flippant - disrespectful, rude
• Impasse - a deadlock
• Perception - perspective
• Prompt - command, encourage, cause
• Prone - tending
• Rapport - personal connection
• Rationale - explanation
• Relentless - unyielding, nonstop
• Reprisal - revenge

Chapter 14

• Averse - against, opposed
• Detract - to take away
• Disdain - hatred, disrespect
• Divulge - to tell
• Elation - excitement, joy, happiness
• Endow - to equip
• Expulsion - getting rid of; forced out; thrown out
• Mortify - to embarrass; shame
• Nullify - to erase; cancel
• Ominous - threatening, menacing

Chapter 15

• Commemorate - to celebrate
• Complacent - too much at ease
• Consensus - a majority view
• Deplete - to use up
• Diligent - hardworking, focused
• Empathy - a sympathetic understanding
• Menial - unskilled
• Niche - a suitable place
• Transcend - to go beyond
• Waive - to get rid of, to give up

Unit 4

Chapter 16

• Condone - to allow; excuse
• Contemplate - to think deeply about; consider
• Feasible - possible
• Feign - to fake
• Fiscal - financial
• Furtive - sneaky
• Gape - to stare
• Pathetic - miserable, inadequate
• Precedent - example, expectation, model
• Punitive - punishing

Chapter 17

• Cryptic - mysterious, puzzling
• Deficient - lacking
• Depict - to show
• Detrimental - extremely harmful
• Implicit - built in, unspoken
• Inhibition - an inner block
• Ironic - being opposite to what is expected, unexpected
• Rupture - to burst, come apart
• Saturate - to fill
• Vindictive - vengeful, spiteful

Chapter 18

• Constrict - to trap, squeeze
• Exhaustive - complete, detailed
• Fallible - imperfect
• Formulate - to make, develop
• Genial - friendly, good-natured
• Habitat - an area of shelter, a territory
• Pragmatic - sensible
• Pretentious - self-centered, undeservedly important-seeming
• Reconcile - to forgive, to deal with, to bring to accept
• Vile - disgusting

Chapter 19

• Avid - committed, devoted
• Dwindle - to thin out, to decrease
• Esteem - respect, admiration
• Evoke - to bring out
• Legacy - an inherited gift
• Mediate - to foster communications peacefully, to settle
• Muted - silent, soft
• Nurture - to take care of
• Pacify - to silence, soothe
• Transient - short-lived

Chapter 20

• Aloof - cool
• Ambivalent - having mixed feelings
• Augment - to make better, add to
• Dispel - to eliminate
• Explicit - specific, inappropriate
• Longevity - long life
• Magnitude - strength
• Mundane - commonplace
• Obscure - modified, unclear
• Render - to make