Vocabulary Unit 15 ENGLISH 11 Number 5 by Jackson Pollock

allot: V – to provide or set apart baffle: V – to puzzle, frustrate, or bewilder cower: V – to cringe from fear disadvantaged: ADJ – unfortunate; lacking economic and social opportunity dismiss: V – to reject; to allow to leave; to remove

elaborate: ADJ – detailed; ornate; showy; gaudy enduring: ADJ – lasting; unyielding entice: V – to coax or lure by hope or desire functional: ADJ – practical; having or serving a purpose illiterate: ADJ – unable to read; having little culture or education

intellectual: ADJ – academic; showing mental capacity to a higher degree introvert: N – a person who keeps to himself or herself laborious: ADJ – tiresome; requiring much work or exertion mentor: N – a wise and trusted counselor or advisor optimistic: ADJ – hopeful; looking on the more favorable side of things

prospect: N – likelihood; the probability of success; outlook for the future reform: V – to improve; to change to a better state or form spontaneity: N – free and natural behavior; acting on natural impulse substantive: ADJ – considerable; having practical importance or value summarily: ADV – hastily; briefly