1. VOCAB UNIT

2. 1. ABSTRUSE (ADJ)
Extremely difficult to understand

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

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

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

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

7. 6. CONTRITE (ADJ)
penitent regretful plagued by guilt

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

9. 8. DECOROUS (adj)
Dignified Socially proper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. 19. OPPROBIUM (noun)
disgrace arising from shameful conduct

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

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