Unit 13 Vocabulary

Front 1

collate

Back 1

v- to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose

Front 2

foment

Back 2

v- to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm

Front 3

abet

Back 3

v- to encourage, assist (especially in nsomething wrong or unworthy)

Front 4

encumber

Back 4

v- to weigh down or burder (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.), to fill up, block, hinder

Front 5

connoisseur

Back 5

n- an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts

Front 6

blatant

Back 6

adj- noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

Front 7

disconsolate

Back 7

adj- deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Front 8

buttress

Back 8

v- to support, prop up, strengthen;
n- a supporting structure

Front 9

aver

Back 9

v- to affirm, declare confidently

Front 10

carousal

Back 10

n- noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)

Front 11

broach

Back 11

v0 to break the surface of the water, to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to bring up or begin to talk aboiut (a subject); to announce; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; n- a spit for roasting, a tool for taping casks

Front 12

nonplussed

Back 12

adj- puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

Front 13

prolific

Back 13

adj- abundantly productive; abundant, profuse

Front 14

opportune

Back 14

adj- suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time

Front 15

incontrovertible

Back 15

adj- unquestionable, beyong dispute

Front 16

grisly

Back 16

adj- frightful, horrible, ghastly

Front 17

rejoinder

Back 17

n- a reply to a reply,, especially from the defendant in a legal suit

Front 18

predilection

Back 18

n- a liking, preference

Front 19

magniloquent

Back 19

adj- expressed in lofty or high-flown language (often in the sense of being pompous or over-elaborate)

Front 20

inauspicious

Back 20

adj- unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

Front 21

impassive

Back 21

adj- showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

Front 22

herculean

Back 22

adj- relating to Hercules; characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength