1. 9 Vocabulary Unit 5

2. Accost
Verb To approach and speak to someone aggressively Synonym: confront

3. Accost
Amanda karate-chopped the stranger who accosted her in the street and was embarrassed to find he was an old, blind man.

4. Accost
The store manager accosted the shoplifter.

5. Animosity
Noun Resentment; hostility; ill will Synonym: resentment

6. Animosity
The rivals for the state championship felt great animosity towards each other.

7. Animosity
Curtis felt a great deal of animosity towards the kid who used to shove him in his locker.

8. Bastion
Noun
Stronghold; fortress; fortified place
Synonym: fortress

9. Bastion
Mrs. Garnett’s classroom is a bastion of boredom; that is, it’s a place where originality seldom, if ever, makes its way inside.

10. Bastion
The robbers terrorized the village for several weeks, and then escaped to their bastion high in the treacherous mountains.

11. Chastise
Verb To inflict punishment on Synonym: to discipline

12. Chastise
My mother chastised us for destroying the kitchen in our attempts to build a model volcano.

13. Chastise
We tried to chastise the dog for sleeping on the bed, but it never seemed to work; the minute we turned out backs he curled up on the pillows.

14. Construe
Verb To interpret Synonym: to interpret

15. Construe
Preston construed his contract as giving him the right to do whatever he wanted at work.

16. Construe
The meaning of the poem, as I construed it, had to do with the love of a man for his dog.

17. Deride
Verb To ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously Synonym: to make fun of

18. Deride
John derided Max’ driving ability after he nearly crashed the car multiple times in one trip.

19. Deride
The school derided their soccer team because they hadn’t won a game in 25 years.

20. Enfranchise
Verb To grant the privileges of citizenship, especially the right to vote Synonym: to give the right to vote to

21. Enfranchise
In the United States, citizens become enfranchised on their eighteenth birthdays.

22. Enfranchise
American women were not enfranchised until the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 which gave them the right to vote.

23. Fetter
Verb To restrain; to hamper Synonym: to restrict

24. Fetter
In his pursuit of an Olympic gold medal, the runner was fettered by multiple injuries.

25. Fetter
The woman was fettered from buying a house by her horrible credit.

26. Imminent
Adjective Just about to happen Synonym: near

27. Imminent
The pink glow in the east made it clear that sunrise was imminent.

28. Imminent
The hurricane is imminent and has homeowners rushing to board up their windows.

29. Introspective
Adjective Tending to think about oneself; examining one’s feelings Synonym: inward looking

30. Introspective
The introspective artist was always questioning his own painting skills.

31. Introspective
The ringing of the cellphone interrupted my introspective moment at the lake.

32. Maxim
Noun A fundamental principle; an old saying Synonym: a saying

33. Maxim
We always tried to live our lives according to the maxim that it is better to give than to receive.

34. Maxim
If Jack had heeded the maxim and looked before he leaped, he would not have bought the cheap house surrounded by drug dens.

35. Pacify
Verb To calm someone down; to placate Synonym: to calm

36. Pacify
A parent gives a pacifier to a baby to pacify him.

37. Pacify
The airline attempted to pacify the stranded passengers with offers of free flight vouchers.

38. Plebeian
Adjective Common; vulgar; low-class Synonym: low-class

39. Plebeian
Sarah refused to eat fast food, saying it was too plebeian for her discriminating palate.

40. Plebeian
The millionaire called the hotel a plebeian accommodation because it did not offer room service.

41. Redolent
Adjective Fragrant Synonym: fragrant

42. Redolent
The air in autumn is redolent of wood smoke and fallen leaves.

43. Redolent
The flower arrangements on the tables were both beautiful and redolent.

44. Serendipity
Noun Accidental good fortune; discovering good things without looking for them Synonym: by a happy chance

45. Serendipity
Jane met her husband simply by serendipity when they were both waiting in line at the post office.

46. Serendipity
It had to be serendipity when we found our dream house during a random drive in the country.