Vocabulary Unit 10

  1. Accrue [verb] — increase

  2. Annotation [noun] — a note or comment added to a document or book

  3. Bedlam [noun] — a condition of chaos

  4. Covert [adjective] — hidden or secret

  5. Debonair [adjective] — confident and stylish

  6. Dun [verb] — to persistently attempt to collect a debt

  7. Efficacious [adjective] — having the power to produce a desired effect

  8. Equanimity [noun] — to stay calm, especially under stress; to maintain composure

  9. Fortuitous [adjective] — happening by accident or chance

  10. Gist [noun] — the main idea or point

  11. Gratuitous [adjective] — uncalled for; unwarranted; unnecessary

  12. Imperious [adjective] — expecting ones' orders to be followed

  13. Invective [adjective] — abusive language used to criticize

  14. Motley [adjective] — made up of strikingly different components

  15. Munificent [adjective] — very generous

  16. Procrastinate [verb] — to put off until another time

  17. Provocative [adjective] — tending to provoke or stimulate

  18. Recondite [adjective] — not understood or known by many people

  19. Reprobate [adjective] — a wicked or evil person

  20. Sedentary [adjective] — not doing or involving a lot of physical activity

  21. Abstinence [noun] — the act of not taking part in something

  22. Antediluvian [adjective] — greatly out of date

  23. Inimical [adjective] — not friendly; hostile

  24. Plumage [noun] — extravagant dress