VOCAB. UNIT

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To frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

- nonplus, disconcert, foil

DISCOMFIT

No longer in existence or functioning; dead

- extinct, nonexistent; obsolete

DEFUNCT

Faultless, beyond criticism or blame

- flawless, spotless, immaculate

IMPECCABLE

An object believed to have magical powers; an object of devotion or reverence

- charm, talisman, obsession

FETISH

To take up and support; to become attached to, adopt: to marry

- embrace, wed

ESPOUSE

Living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others

- outgoing, extroverted

GREGARIOUS

To become weak, feeble, or dull, to droop; to become depressed or dispirited

- wilt, fade

LANGUISH

Equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect

- “to amount to as much”

TANTAMOUNT

Marked by a persistent absence of good luck

- unlucky, unfortunate

HAPLESS

The lowest point- rock bottom

Antonyms = peak, pinnacle, acme

NADIR

To insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

- inject, interpose

INTERPOLATE

Expression of sorrow or woe; melancholy

- sad, doleful, lugubrious

PLAINTIVE

To make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation as for injury; reciprocate

-reimburse, avenge, recompense

REQUITE

To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

- implore, entreat

IMPORTUNE

Given to lying or deception; untrue

- false

MENDACIOUS

Incapable of being repaired or rectified

- not fixable

IRREPARABLE

Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

- artistic

AESTHETIC

Concise, using few words

- terse, succinct, compact

LACONIC

Done in a superficial or half-hearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

- cursory, shallow

PERFUNCTORY

Present in all places at all times

- ubiquitous

OMNIPRESENT

Omnipresent

Perfunctory

Laconic Aesthetic

Irreparable

Mendacious

Importune

Requite

Plaintive Interpolate

Nadir Hapless

Tantamount

Languish Gregarious

Espouse

Fetish Impeccable

Defunct Discomfit