1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 15

2. adopt
to take another person’s child into one’s family; to use as one’s own; to accept or approve

3. agile
capable of moving easily, quickly, and gracefully; mentally quick

4. analyze
to study the parts of something in order to understand what it is, how it is put together, or how it works; to study carefully or in detail

5. assist To give help or support
The act of helping; in sports, an action that helps a teammate score or get a player out

6. babble
to talk foolishly or too much; to make meaningless sounds; to make a gurgling sound
a mix of meaningless sounds; usually as made by water

7. captivity
the state of being confined or held against one’s will

8. drab an olive brown or brownwish gray color
marked by dullness; like the color drab; cheerless

9. fatal
causing death, destruction, or ruin

10. generosity
the quality of being charitable to others in thought or action; willingness to give; an act of giving

11. genuine
real, actually being what something appears to be; true or reliable, sincere or honest

12. illegal
against the law; against the rule

13. merit
the fact of deserving something; a quality that deserves reward or praise; worth or value
to deserve, be worthy of

14. genuine. agile. babble. analyze fatal. generosity illegal
genuine agile babble analyze fatal generosity illegal adopt captivity merit assist drab