Unit 6 Vocabulary

Front 1

abashed

Back 1

embarassed, ashamed, nonplussed

Front 2

aloof

Back 2

withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice)

Front 3

anguish

Back 3

1. great mental suffering, distress, or pain
2. to be deeply tormented by sorrow or pain

Front 4

articulate

Back 4

1. to express well in words
2. able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully

Front 5

bask

Back 5

to be, expose to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from

Front 6

defect

Back 6

an imperfection, flaw, blemish of some kind ; to desert a cause or oganization

Front 7

finesse

Back 7

delicate skill, tact, cleverness; to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgment, or skillful evasion

Front 8

flaunt

Back 8

to wave or flutter showily, to display in a conceited offensive way

Front 9

forthright

Back 9

frank, direct, straightforward

Front 10

genial

Back 10

cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm

Front 11

instill

Back 11

to add gradually, to introduce or cause to be taken in

Front 12

ostracize

Back 12

to exclude from a group, banish, send away

Front 13

premonition

Back 13

forewarning or foreboding of a future event

Front 14

pseudonym

Back 14

a pen name, a name assumed by a writer

Front 15

purge

Back 15

to wash away impurities, clean up; the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively

Front 16

rehabilitate

Back 16

to make over in good form, to restore to good condition or to a former position

Front 17

repercussion

Back 17

an effect or consequence of some action or event, result, an echo or reverberation

Front 18

resolute

Back 18

bold, determined, firm

Front 19

retentive

Back 19

able to hold, keep, or recall, retaining knowledge easily

Front 20

scapegoat

Back 20

a person or thing carrying the blame for others