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