7G Level C VW Unit 10 Definitions

• apt


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


  (n.) freedom from punishment
• mien


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


  (adj.) having to do with punishment
• pertinent


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


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


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


  (n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world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


  (n.) fame, glory
• accord


  (n.) agreement, harmony; (v.) to agree, be in harmony or bring into harmony; to grant, bestow on
• barter


  (n.) an exchange in trade; (v.) to exchange goods
• curt

  (adj.) short, rudely brief
• devise


  (v.) to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create
• dexterous


  (adj.) skillful in the use of hands or body; clever
• engross


  (v.) to occupy the complete attention, absorb fully
• entail


  (v.) to put a burden on, impose, require, involve; to restrict ownership of property by limiting inheritance; (n.) such a restriction
• ferret


  (n.) a kind of weasel; (v.) to search or hunt out; to torment, badger
• habituate


  (v.) to become used to; to cause to become used to
• impending


  (adj., part.) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way
• personable

  (adj.) pleasing in appearance or personality, attractive
• rue


  (v.) to regret, be sorry for; (n.) a feeling of regret
• scoff


  (v.) to make fun of; to show contempt for
• transition


  (n.) a change from one state or condition to another
• trepidation


  (n.) fear, fright, trembling
• upbraid


  (v.) to blame, scold, find fault with
• veritable


  (adj.) actual, true, real
• vex


  (v.) to annoy, anger, exasperate; to confuse, baffle
• vitality


  (n.) strength, energy, liveliness; the capacity to live and develop; the power to endure or survive
• whimsical


  (adj.) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable