1. Chapter 13 Vocabulary -- write word and part of speech -- write definition -- write example

2. Extremely difficult to understand
abstruse (adj)
Extremely difficult to understand

3. affront (n/v) An open or intentional insult To insult to one’s face
To face in defiance, confront

4. canard (n)
A false rumor
Fabricated story

5. captious (adj) Excessively ready to find fault
Given to petty criticism
Intended to trap, confuse, or show up
                     

6. Aware, knowledgeable, informed
cognizant (adj)
Aware, knowledgeable, informed
Having jurisdiction

7. contrite (adj) Regretful for some misdeed or sin
Plagued by a sense of guilt
Thoroughly penitent

8. cynosure (n) The center of attraction, attention, or interest
Something that serves to guide or direct

9. Well behaved, dignified, socially proper
decorous (adj)
Well behaved, dignified, socially proper

10. To think it appropriate or suitable to one’s dignity to do something
deign (v)
To think it appropriate or suitable to one’s dignity to do something
Condescend

11. Divested of spirit or vitality
desiccated (adj)
Thoroughly dried out
Divested of spirit or vitality
Uninteresting

12. The power to produce a desired result
efficacy (n)
The power to produce a desired result

13. To bring into existence, give rise to, produce
engender (v)
To bring into existence, give rise to, produce
Assume form

14. Suggesting what is heavenly
ethereal (adj)
Light, airy, delicate
Highly refined
Suggesting what is heavenly

15. facade (n) The front or face of a building
A surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)

16. ghoulish (adj) Revolting in an unnatural or morbid way
Suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead

17. Not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
incongruous (adj)
Not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible

18. machination (n)
A crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end

19. To fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
mesmerize (v)
To hypnotize, entrance
To fascinate, enthrall, bewitch

20. Disgrace arising from shameful conduct
opprobrium (n)
Disgrace arising from shameful conduct

21. putative (adj) Generally regarded as such; reputed
Hypothesized, inferred