1. Unit One Vocabulary
Week Seven

2. Appalled (Adjective)
shocked/horrified
I am appalled by your behavior.

3. Beleaguered (adjective)
under pressure/stressed
The student felt beleaguered by the amount of homework.

4. consensus (noun) general agreement
After weeks of negotiation, the two sides reached a consensus.

5. connotation (noun)

6. Flamboyant (adjective)
showy/flashy
The Aztec priest wore a flamboyant headdress.

7. gaffe (noun)
verb blunder

8. laborious (adjective)
difficult/backbreaking
Sometimes thinking can be a laborious task.

9. minx (noun)
flirtatious girl
Steve thought Gwen was a saucy minx.

10. raze (verb) flatten to the ground
The contractor will raze the building. .

11. permeate (verb) spread throughout an area saturate
The smell of the skunk seemed to permeate the house.