Vocabulary 10 Using Context Clues

Beguile Cheat, distract, trick, con; to deceive by trickery

Demure Modest, bashful, retiring; reserved in manner

Equanimity Poise, balance; being calm and even-tempered

Fortitude Mental toughness, guts, grit, bravery, courage, valor; strength of mind

Hidebound Prejudiced, set in one’s ways, close-minded; stubbornly inflexible

Laud Approve, commend, acclaim, worship; glorify

Obscurity Darkness, uncertainty, indistinctness, dimness, fuzziness; quality of being imperfectly known

Resilient Elastic, recuperative; able to recover quickly

Sagacious Prudent, farsighted, shrewd, clever, smart; having good judgment; wise

Tumult Upset, riot, agitation, chaos, disorder; disturbance

Vocabulary 11 Using Multiple-Meaning Words

Abhor To hate intensely; despise; loathe

Candor Frankness, honesty; sincerity

Dauntless Fearless, courageous; bold

Insinuation Indirect suggestion, often negative; hint

Pall Something that covers, especially with gloom or darkness; shroud

Patronize To act with condescension; to give suuport

Suppress To put an end to; stop; cease

Tentative Experimental, hesitant; unsure

Tribulation Suffering or trial; hardship

Volatile Sharply changeable; unsteady

Vocabulary 12 Prefixes Meaning “For” and “Against”

Antibiotic Drug like penicillin that destroys germs; drug with capacity to destroy bacteria

Antipathy Strong feeling of aversion or dislike; basic or habitual repugnance

Antithesis Opposite of a stated idea; opposition; contrast; the direct opposite

Contraband Smuggled goods, goods not allowed to be imported; anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported; illegal goods

Contradictory Expressing the opposite; asserts the contrary or opposite of; denying directly or categorically

Counterweight Force opposed equally to another; weight that equals or balances another; counterpoise

Obstruct Hinder, block, get in the way of; to block or close up with an obstacle; to interrupt the passage, progress, or course

Obtrude Intrude, force oneself or one’s opinion on others; to thrust something forward or upon a person without invitation; to thrust forth; push out

Oppugn Oppose, call into question; to assail by criticism, argument, or action; dispute

Proponent One who argues in support of something; person who puts forward a proposition or proposal; one who supports a cause or doctrine