1. Unit One Vocabulary
Week Ten

2. Acolyte (noun)
a devoted follower/someone who helps during a religious service
minion/lackey
Mindy and Paul served as acolytes at the
Christmas service. .

3. bandied (verb) discussed/or have words tossed around in a casual way
Every election cycle, the word “jobs” is bandied about; however, once the elections are over very little is done to put action behind those words.

4. draconian (adjective)
exceedingly harsh or severe
In some countries punishment for even small crimes is draconian.

5. fractious (adjective)
irritable/argumentative
It’s no fun working for a fractious boss. No matter how hard you try, he/she
seems to always be trying to pick a fight.

6. loll (verb)
lounge/laze about
Homer likes to loll on the couch.

7. Per Se (adverb) in and of itself
It wasn’t dad’s Halloween mask that scared the baby per se; it was actually the guy with the chainsaw standing behind dad that caused the fright.

8. reconnoiter (verb) scout out
The general sent a few scouts forward to reconnoiter targets for the artillery.

9. sinister (adjective)
evil
His sinister face was burned into my memory.

10. tendentious (adjective)
a partisan point of view/biased
Politics in America is rather
tendentious these days.

11. vainglorious (adjective)
conceited
Rabbit is a wee bit vainglorious.