Unit 10/11

• acquiesce


  to accept without protest; to agree or submit
• crestfallen


  discouraged, dejected, downcast
• garrulous


  given to much talking, tediously chatty
• misnomer


  an unsuitable or misleading name
• retribution


  a repayment; a deserved punishment
• sonorous


  full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
• wastrel


  a wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing
• allure


  (n.) to entice, tempt; to be attractive to (v.) a strong attraction; to power to attract, charm
• contentious


  quarrelsome, inclined to argue
• covet


  to desire something belonging to another
• lamentable


  to be regretted or pitied
• respite


  a period of relief or rest
• sinuous


  winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible
• vanguard


  the foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field
• conclusive


  serving to settle an issue; final
• fathom


  (v.) to understand, get to the bottom of; to determine the depth of (n.) a measure of depth in water
• integrity


  honesty, high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness
• misconstrue


  to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of
• placid


  calm, peaceful
• reparation


  a payment made for a wrong or an injury
• allude


  to refer to casually or indirectly
• endemic


  native or confined to a particular region or people; characteristic of or prevalent in a field
• guile


  treacherous cunning, deceit
• placate


  to appease, soothe, pacify
• pretext


  a false reason, deceptive excuse