1. Unit One Vocabulary
Week Eight

2. Absolve (verb)
pardon/forgive .

3. antipathy (noun)
strong dislike/hatred

4. antipodes (noun)
direct opposites .
Hot and cold are antipodes.

5. indigent (adjective) poor/penniless
The indigent man slept on the street.

6. infringe (Verb)
encroach/trespass

7. Nettle (verb)
irritate/bother
Tim loves to nettle his younger brother.

8. ostensible (adjective)
apparent but not necessarily true
Tim’s ostensible reason for losing weight was to improve his health; however, I have since learned that a girl named Melissa was his real motivation.

9. Retroactive (adjective)
applying to a period prior to enactment
According to the terms of the new contract, our raise will be
retroactive to the first of the year.

10. specious (adjective)
Something that seems true, but is deliberately misleading/false .

11. subjugate (verb)
enslave
tame
Never allow anyone to subjugate you.