Vocabulary

Unit 10

Acquiesce

• You must acquiesce to your parents in order to get the car on Friday night.

Allure

• The alluring smells from the

kitchen made me hungry.

Askew

When my mom looked at me askew, I knew I had done something wrong.

Blithe

• Students show blithe happiness on the last day of school.

Contentious

• Contentious people are not content with anything.

Covet

• It is immoral to covet another person’s husband or wife.

Crestfallen

• Al Gore was utterly crestfallen when he found out that he had lost the presidency.

Disheveled

• Disheveled desks should be cleaned off with a shovel.

Exponent

• Paul McCartney is a strong exponent of vegetarianism.

Garrulous

• It is annoying to sit next to a garrulous person on a plane.

Insuperable

• For most, climbing Mt. Everest is an insuperable feat.

Lamentable

• Last semester was a lamentable one.

Misnomer

The title of the story “Happy Ending” is a misnomer.

Profess

• They professed their undying love for each other.

Respite

• Spring break will be a nice respite in the middle of the semester.

Retribution

• You will wash the car every week this summer in retribution for throwing eggs at it.

Sinuous

• Lake Shore Drive is a sinuous road along the lakefront in Chicago.

Sonorous

• The sonorous music was intoxicating.

Vanguard

• Quentin Terantino was considered a vanguard with his movie Reservoir Dogs.

Wastrel

• Wastrels are very wasteful.