IV1 - Improving Vocab Skills - 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- obsolete - no longer active or in use, extinct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