Unit 7 Reading Vocab

Front 1

goblets

Back 1

n.: Bowl-shaped drinking containers without handles

Front 2

inevitability

Back 2

n.: Certainty

Front 3

communal

Back 3

adj.: Shared by all

Front 4

interacts

Back 4

v.: Affects and is affected by

Front 5

vanquished

Back 5

n.: The person defeated (usually a verb)

Front 6

paupers

Back 6

n.: People who are very poor

Front 7

tolerant

Back 7

adj.: Free from bigotry or prejudice

Front 8

desolate

Back 8

adj.: Lonely; solitary

Front 9

outskirts

Back 9

n.: Part of a district far from the center of a city

Front 10

compelled

Back 10

v.: Forced

Front 11

crucial

Back 11

adj.: Of great importance

Front 12

perfunctorily

Back 12

adv.: Without enthusiasm; routinely

Front 13

prose

Back 13

n.: Nonpoetic language

Front 14

vital

Back 14

adj.: Essential to life; living

Front 15

hostility

Back 15

n.: Anger; unfriendliness

Front 16

formidable

Back 16

adj.: Impressive

Front 17

reeds

Back 17

n.: Tall, slender grasses that grow in marshy land

Front 18

aptitude

Back 18

n.: Talent; ability

Front 19

anonymous

Back 19

adj.: Unsigned; written by a person whose name is unknown

Front 20

mortality

Back 20

n.: The condition of being mortal; having to die eventually

Front 21

translucent

Back 21

adj.: Able to transmit light but no detail of that light

Front 22

unanimously

Back 22

adv.: Overwhelmingly; without disagreement

Front 23

cantankerous

Back 23

adj.: Quarrelsome; argumentative

Front 24

subtle

Back 24

adj.: Delicately skillful or clever

Front 25

subservient

Back 25

adj.: Inferior

Front 26

gumption

Back 26

n.: Courage; enterprise

Front 27

brutality

Back 27

n.: Violence; harshness

Front 28

serenity

Back 28

n.: Calmness