UNIT 9 VOCABULARY

AUXILIARY

• Adj-giving assistance or Support,N-A helper aid
• S: additional ,reserve
• A: main,primary
• The auxiliary man helped the old lady .

CANDID

• Adj-frank,sincere,impartial,unposed
• S: forthright,unbiased
• A: artful,evasive
• The teacher was nice to the candid children.

CUBICLE

• Noun-a small room or compartment
• S: hole-in-the-wall
• A: vast hall, auditorium
• The office worker was in his cubicle.

DRUDGERY

• N- work that is hard and tiresome
• S: toil, labor, grind
• A: play, frolic
• The worker hated the drudgery of his job.

ENVOY

• N- a representative or messenger
• S: ambassador, emissary
• The politician was a envoy to the EPA committee.

ESCALATE

• V- to elevate or increase in intensity
• S: raise, ascend, mount
• A: decrease, lesson
• The fight escalated quickly.

EXPEDIENT

• N- a means to an end
• Adj- useful
• S: device, serviceable
• A: inconvenient
• They made the passport process expedient.

FEIGN

• V- to pretend
• S: fake, sham
• They feigned interest in the play.

FLAIR

• N- a natural talent or skill
• S: bent, gift, style
• A: inability
• He has a flair for playing piano.

GRIEVOUS

• Adj- causing sorrow or pain
• S: painful, flagrant
• A: joyful, uplifting
• He made a grievous error.

HETEROGENEOUS

• Adj- diverse, composed of different kinds
• S: mixed
• A: uniform
• The group was a heterogenous mix of boys and girls.

HORDE

• N- a vast number
• S: crowd, mass, host
• A: few, handful
• There was a horde of people at the concert.

IMPEL

• V- to force, drive forward
• S: urge, push, spur
• A: discourage, check
• He had to impel the lever to move it.

INCREDULOUS

• Adj- disbelieving, skeptical
• S: doubting
• A: trustful
• He was incredulous about the ghost story.

INSCRIBE

• V- to write or engrave
• S: enroll, enlist
• A: erase, delete
• The names were inscribed on the trophies.

MONOLOGUE

• N- a speech by one actor
• S: soliloquy
• A: conversation
• In Julius Caesar, Marc Antony does a monologue in Act III.

PROGNOSIS

• N- a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
• S: projection
• The doctors prognosis was not good for the sick patient.

RASPING

• Adj- with a harsh grating sound
• N- smooth, silky
• S: scraping, abrasive
• A: smooth, silky
• His voice was raspy from smoking.

REPUGNANT

• Adj- offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
• S: hateful, revolting
• A: pleasing, attractive
• I find sushi repugnant.

SCUTTLE

• V- to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to run hastily, scurry
• N- a pail
• S: abandon, discard, ditch
• A: salvage, keep afloat
• I do not want to be on a boat that has been scuttled.