English Vocab. Test Units 9-10

Front 1

apt

Back 1

suitable, fitting, quick to learn, likely

Front 2

awry

Back 2

in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong

Front 3

bludgeon

Back 3

a short club used as a weapon; to use force or strong arguements to gain some heavy point

Front 4

capitulate

Back 4

to end resistance, give up, surrender

Front 5

chafe

Back 5

to feel annoynace or dissatisfaction, annoy

Front 6

defile

Back 6

to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in a single line, or column

Front 7

dire

Back 7

dreadful, causing fear or suffering

Front 8

disarming

Back 8

charming

Front 9

disgruntled

Back 9

in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

Front 10

encroach

Back 10

to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

Front 11

endow

Back 11

to furnish, equip

Front 12

fend

Back 12

to ward off, resist, manage

Front 13

impunity

Back 13

freedom from punishment

Front 14

mien

Back 14

air, manner, appearance, expression

Front 15

penal

Back 15

having to do with punishment

Front 16

pertinent

Back 16

related to the matter at hand, to the point

Front 17

predominant

Back 17

the greatest in strength or power, most common

Front 18

prodigy

Back 18

something wonderful or marvelous, an unusual feat

Front 19

recluse

Back 19

a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

Front 20

renown

Back 20

fame, glory

Front 21

accord

Back 21

in agrrement, harmony

Front 22

barter

Back 22

an exchange

Front 23

curt

Back 23

short, rudely brief

Front 24

devise

Back 24

to think out, plan

Front 25

dexterous

Back 25

skillful in the use of hands, clever

Front 26

engross

Back 26

to occupy the complete attention, absorb fully

Front 27

entail

Back 27

to put a burden on, impose, require, involve

Front 28

ferret

Back 28

a kind of weasel, torment

Front 29

habituate

Back 29

to become used to

Front 30

impending

Back 30

about to happen, hanging over

Front 31

personable

Back 31

attractive; appealing

Front 32

rue

Back 32

regret

Front 33

scoff

Back 33

to make fun of, show contempt

Front 34

transition

Back 34

to change from one state or condition

Front 35

trepidation

Back 35

fear, fright, trembling

Front 36

upbraid

Back 36

to blame, scold

Front 37

veritable

Back 37

actual, true, real

Front 38

vex

Back 38

to annoy, anger, exasperate

Front 39

vitality

Back 39

strength, energy, liveliness

Front 40

whimsical

Back 40

subject to odd ideas, playful, unpredictable