Vocabulary Workshop - Level D - Unit 9
Terms
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(adj.) giving assistance or support;
(n.) a helper, aid - auxiliary
- (adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed
- candid
- (n.) a small room or compartment
- cubicle
- (n.) work that is hard and tiresome
- drudgery
- (n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)
- envoy
- (v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity
- escalate
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(n.) a means to an end;
(adj.) advantageous, useful - expedient
- (v.) to pretend
- feign
- (n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
- flair
- (adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious
- grievous
- (adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse
- heterogeneous
- (n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng
- horde
- (v.) to force, drive forward
- impel
- (adj.) disbelieving, skeptical
- incredulous
- (v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
- inscribe
- (n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
- monologue
- (n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
- prognosis
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(adj.) with a harsh grating sound;
(n.) a harsh sound - rasping
- (adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
- repugnant
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(v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry;
(n.) a pail - scuttle