VOCAB UNIT 7

ADIEU

• (n.) a farewell
• good-bye
• greeting
• I made my adieu to my friend leaving for a trip.

ADVENT

• (n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view.
• Approach
• Departure
• The advent of summer is something that I look forward to.

APEX

• (n.) the highest point, tip
• Peak
• Nadir
• If you want to reach the apex of a mountain, you are going to have to climb.

ASSIMILATE

• (v.) to absorb fully
• Blend in
• The new immigrant has yet to assimilate to our culture.

BOGUS

• (adj.) false, counterfeit
• Phony
• Genuine
• It was very obvious that the pair of shoes were bogus.

EXORBITANT

• (adj.) unreasonably high; excessive
• extreme
• affordable
• The raise in allowance the child asked for was very exorbitant.

INTERIM

• (n.) the time between
• Interval
• During the interim in quarters, i went to the concession stand.

INUNDATE

• (v.) to flood, overflow
• submerge
• The tital wave caused water to inundate the city.

MALIGN

• (v.) to speak evil of, slander
• defame
• praise
• the bully decided to malign the smaller kid.

MEANDER

• (v.) to wander about
• ramble
• When my mom was shopping, i decided to meander through the sneaker stores.

METROPOLIS

• (n.) a large city
• large urban center
• hamlet
• On a trip, my friend wanted to visit the countryside, while i wanted to visit the metropolis.

MOMENTOUS

• (adj.) very important
• weighty
• trivial
• The president made a decision in a momentous situation.

OBSTREPEROUS

• (adj.) noisy; unruly
• wild
• quiet
• The obstreperous noise made me go inside.

PENSIVE

• (adj.) thoughtful
• dreamy
• The book was a very pensive read.

PERILOUS

• (adj.) dangerous
• risky
• safe
• The movie was about a perilous journey.

SHODDY

• (adj.) of poor quality
• cheap
• well-made
• You could tell, when you looked at the toy, that it was very shoddy.

SPRIGHTLY

• (adj.) lively
• frisky
• sullen
• The child was very sprightly when he was playing.

SURLY

• (adj.)angry
• gruff
• polite
• You could tell he was very surly, after his watch was stolen.

TIRADE

• (n.) long, angry speech
• diatribe
• The mothers tirade to her child was very straight forward.

VAGRANT

• (n.) idle wanderer
• vagabond
• stay at home
• The vagrants would travel to find a new home.