Unit 9 Vocab.

Front 1

apt

Back 1

adj.
suitable, fitting, likely, quick ot learn

Front 2

awry

Back 2

adj., adv.
in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

Front 3

bludgeon

Back 3

n.
a short club used as a weapon
v.
to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point

Front 4

capitulate

Back 4

v.
to end resistance, give up, surrender

Front 5

chafe

Back 5

v.
to warm, to make sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction; to strain or press agst.
n.
a sore or injury caused by rubbing

Front 6

defile

Back 6

v. to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in a single or in columns
n.
a narrow passage

Front 7

dire

Back 7

adj.
dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immeadiate action to avoid disaster

Front 8

disarming

Back 8

adj.
charming, tending to get rid of unfriendlyness or suspicion

Front 9

disgruntled

Back 9

adj.
in bad humor, dicontented, annoyed

Front 10

encroach

Back 10

v.
to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

Front 11

endow

Back 11

v.
to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desireable thing or quality

Front 12

fend

Back 12

v.
to ward off, resist; to get along, manage

Front 13

impunity

Back 13

n.
freedom from punishment

Front 14

mien

Back 14

n.
air, manner; appearance; expression

Front 15

penal

Back 15

adj.
having to do with punishment

Front 16

pertinent

Back 16

adj.
related to the matter at hand, to the point

Front 17

predominant

Back 17

adj.
the greatest in strength or power; most common

Front 18

prodigy

Back 18

n.
something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or yound person with extraordinary ability or talent

Front 19

recluse

Back 19

n.
a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

Front 20

renown

Back 20

n.
fame, glory