1. Vocabulary
Unit 10

2. Acquiesce
You must acquiesce to your parents in order to get the car on Friday night.

3. Allure
The alluring smells from the kitchen made me hungry.

4. Askew
When my mom looked at me askew, I knew I had done something wrong.

5. Blithe
Students show blithe happiness on the last day of school.

6. Contentious
Contentious people are not content with anything.

7. Covet
It is immoral to covet another person’s husband or wife.

8. Crestfallen
Al Gore was utterly crestfallen when he found out that he had lost the presidency.

9. Disheveled
Disheveled desks should be cleaned off with a shovel.

10. Exponent
Paul McCartney is a strong exponent of vegetarianism.

11. Garrulous
It is annoying to sit next to a garrulous person on a plane.

12. Insuperable
For most, climbing Mt. Everest is an insuperable feat.

13. Lamentable
Last semester was a lamentable one.

14. Misnomer
The title of the story “Happy Ending” is a misnomer.

15. Profess
They professed their undying love for each other.

16. Respite
Spring break will be a nice respite in the middle of the semester.

17. Retribution
You will wash the car every week this summer in retribution for throwing eggs at it.

18. Sinuous
Lake Shore Drive is a sinuous road along the lakefront in Chicago.

19. Sonorous
The sonorous music was intoxicating.

20. Vanguard
Quentin Terantino was considered a vanguard with his movie Reservoir Dogs.

21. Wastrel
Wastrels are very wasteful.