Level G Unit 14 Vocabulary: Word List & Interactive Quizlet Study Guide
Word List
- beatific
(adj.) blissful; rendering or making blessed - imminent
(adj.) about to happen, threatening - behemoth
(n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance - innate
(adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built–in - blandishment
(n., often pl.) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing - loath
(adj.) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined - cacophonous
(adj.) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant - manifest
(adj.) clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n.) a list of cargo and/or passengers - chicanery
(n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double–dealing - minutiae
(n.) small or trivial details, trifling matters - consign
(v.) to give over to another’s care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use - moratorium
(n.) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay - coup
(n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership - nostrum
(n.) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness - euphemism
(n.) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute - pariah
(n.) one who is rejected by a social group or organization - febrile
(adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic - visionary
(adj.) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; (n.) one given to far–fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight - gainsay
(v.) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose - wizened
(adj., part.) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging)
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