Vocabulary Unit 10

Front 1

fortuitous

Back 1

Because of their fortuitous and unexpected meetings, their office realtionship was always interesting.

Front 2

covert

Back 2

The file for the covert mission was kept in the Top Secret folder.
hidden, disguised, a sheltered place

Front 3

bedlam

Back 3

There is always sheer bedlam on the one day a year people come to buy stocks.

Front 4

debonair

Back 4

Sean Connery played James Bond, a debonair, slick spy, who always smooth talked his way out of a murder.
pleasant in manners and appearance

Front 5

annotation

Back 5

One of our assignments was to provide annotations for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
-critical explanatory note

Front 6

gist

Back 6

The instructor stopped as she was reading the article every few minutes to give the students the gist of it, as it was packed in difficult language.
-essence, main point

Front 7

accrue

Back 7

The clutter in the storage room accrued over the years, making it now impossible to walk in.
-to grow over the course of time, to happen as a natural result

Front 8

dun

Back 8

The money-lender appeared at the door every day, hands open, to dun their customers.
-demand insistently, creditor, dark/dull/dingy

Front 9

equanimity

Back 9

If she had panicked instead of acting with equanimity as the plpane began to crash, she would not have been able to save the 200 people on her plane.
-calmness, refusal to panic

Front 10

antediluvian

Back 10

their antidiluvian ideals of child discipline caused them to continue hitting thier child.
-realting to ancient times

Front 11

provocative

Back 11

The provocative, opinionated article in the paper about the upcoming election caused thousands of letters of rage to pour in to the editor.
- tending to produce strong feelings, something that provokes.

Front 12

sedentary

Back 12

Many low-wage jobs are not sedentary, they require much demanding physical activity.
-continued sitting

Front 13

imperious

Back 13

Her imperious attitude in her job earned her the title "Bossy girl".
-overbearing, arrogant, seeking to dominate

Front 14

gratuitous

Back 14

His advice on cold remedies was gratuitous when I had already tried all the things he was prating about.
-freely given, not called for

Front 15

procrastinate

Back 15

The best way to get things done is to do them right aaway when you remeber them, rather than procrastinate.
-delay, put off till later

Front 16

recondite

Back 16

He passed all the hardest classes in his school, so he went to a genius school where he learned recondite studies.
- exceeding extraordinary knowledge, profound

Front 17

munificent

Back 17

The munificent donation of 8 million dollars to the school allowed them to have a brand new wing built AND create exit interviews.

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inimical

Back 18

Allowing my sister o enter my room was inimical to my havily focused sewing projecct.
-harmful, unfavorable, unfriendly

Front 19

motley

Back 19

The motley volleyball team almost looked comical, some large, some small, some 6'4 and others 3'2.
- showing diversity or variety
- composed of different elements or colors

Front 20

invective

Back 20

The gratuitous invective thrown at the little girl by the bully made the girl run away and cry.
- abusive language adj, abusive language n.

Front 21

reprobate

Back 21

There are always the reprobates insociety that upset the moralists and humanitarians.
- unpricipled person , vicious,
-unprincipled
-to disapprove of, condemn