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• obsolete - no longer active or in use, extinct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