IV3 - Improving Vocab Skills - 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