VOCAB UNIT

1. ABSTRUSE (ADJ) Extremely difficult to understand

2. AFFRONT noun: an open & intentional insult verb: to insult to one’s face

3. CANARD (n) A false rumor; a fabricated story

4. Captious Adj. excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up

Adj. aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction 5. Cognizant Adj. aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction

6. CONTRITE (ADJ) penitent regretful plagued by guilt

7. CYNOSURE (noun) the main attraction; the center of attention something that serves to guide or direct

8. DECOROUS (adj) Dignified Socially proper

9. Deign V. To think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend

10. DESICCATED (adj) dried out divested of spirit or vitality arid & uninteresting

N. The power to produce a desired result 11. Efficacy N. The power to produce a desired result

12. Engender V. To bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form

13. ETHEREAL (ADJ) light / airy / delicate / heavenly

the front of a building a surface appearance 14. FAÇADE (n) the front of a building a surface appearance

Ghoulish: Adj. revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead; monstrous

16. INCONGRUOUS (ADJ) not in keeping, discordant, incompatible

17. MACHINATION (NOUN) Plot; scheme; manuever a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to achieve some (usually evil) end

18. MESMERIZE (verb) to hypnotize, entrance, enthrall, or bewitch

19. OPPROBIUM (noun) disgrace arising from shameful conduct

20. Putative Adj. generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred, assume

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