7G Level C VW Unit 9 Definitions

• renown


  (n.) fame, glory
• recluse


  (n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
• prodigy


  (n.) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent
• predominant


  (adj.) the greatest in strength or power; most common
• pertinent


  (adj.) related to the matter at hand, to the point
• penal


  (adj.) having to do with punishment
• mien


  (n.) air, manner; appearance; expression
• impunity


  (n.) freedom from punishment
• fend


  (v.) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
• endow


  (v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality
• encroach


  (v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
• disgruntled


  (adj., part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed
• disarming


  (adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion
• dire


  (adj.) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
• defile


  (v., trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon
• chafe


  (v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing
• capitulate


  (v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel
• blugeon


  (n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
• awry


  (adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
• apt


  (adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn