Vocabulary

Unit 10, Level E

To accept without protest, to agree or submit … comply with, accede, consent, yield

Acquiesce (v.)

To entice, tempt, to be attractive to/a strong attraction, the power to attract, charm … beguile, tantalize/temptation, enticement

Allure (v./n.)

Twisted to one side, crooked/disapprovingly … awry, lopsided, cockeyed

Askew (adj./adv.)

Cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned … carefree, nonchalant, indifferent

Blithe (adj.)

Quarrelsome, inclined to argue … argumentative, disputatious, combative

Contentious (adj.)

To desire something belonging to another … crave, yearn for, hunger for

Covet (v.)

Discouraged, dejected, downcast … despondent, disconsolate

Crestfallen (adj.)

Rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder … untidy, disarranged, tousled, unkempt

Disheveled (adj.)

One who advocates, speaks for, explains or interprets, the power to which a number, symbol or expression is to be raised … defender, champion, interpreter

Exponent (n.)

Given to much talking, tediously chatty … talkative, loquacious, long-winded

Garrulous (adj.)

Incapable of being overcome … invincible, insurmountable

Insuperable (adj.)

To be regretted or pitied … deplorable, regrettable, distressing

Lamentable (adj.)

An unsuitable or misleading name … misnaming, malapropism

Misnomer (n.)

To affirm openly, to state belief in, to claim, pretend … assert, declare, proclaim, purport

Profess (v.)

A period of relief or rest … interval, intermission, lull, breather

Respite (n.)

A repayment, a deserved punishment … recompense, requital, just deserts

Retribution (n.)

Winding, having many curves, lithe & flexible … twisting, convoluted, serpentine, supple

Sinuous (adj.)

Full, deep or rich in sound, impressive in style … resonant, resounding, grandiloquent

Sonorous (adj.)

The foremost part of an army, the leading position in any field … forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers

Vanguard (n.)

A wasteful person, spendthrift, a good-for-nothing … loafer, idler, squanderer, profligate

Wastrel (n.)