1. Vocabulary 7 Using Synonyms

2. Alluring Tempting, fascinating; desirable, irresistible, enchanting; attractive

3. Curtail Reduce, diminish; restrict; cut short

4. Disdain Scorn; dislike, hate, reject; look upon something with contempt or scorn

5. Flaunt Show off; brag, boast, display, crow, gloat; display ostentatiously

6. Impetuous Reckless; impulsive, abrupt; characterized by rash or sudden energy

7. Pervade Spread throughout; infiltrate, fill up, cover; spread through every part of

8. Pestilent Deadly; fatal, lethal, mortal; relating to serious and widespread illness or plague

9. Sedate Calm; quiet, gentle, motionless, peaceful; calm or composed

10. Solace Comfort, relief; something that gives comfort or relief

11. Stagnation Motionless; staleness, inactivity; process of becoming foul or stale from lack of movement

12. Vocabulary 8 Greek Word Roots

13. Anachronism Something out of its proper time period

14. Anthropomorphic Resembling human form; attributing human form to something not human

15. Dehydration Lessoning or absence of water; drying up

16. Euthanasia A good death; a “mercy killing;” putting to death painlessly

17. Genealogy Knowledge about one’s ancestors; study of family history and ancestors

18. Hierarchy Ranking with most powerful at the top; a system ranking things in order

19. Hypodermic Under the skin

20. Periphery Around the outside; outer boundary

21. Psychopath Person with a diseased mind; mentally ill person

22. Traumatic Severely damaging; relating to a serious physical or psychological injury

23. Vocabulary 9 Word Families

24. Cognition The act of thinking

25. Corpulent Fat, obese

26. Dormant Inactive; at rest

27. Elaborate Detailed, complicated

28. Innovate Make something new, introduce changes

29. Insoluble Incapable of being solved or dissolved

30. Interrogation A formal questioning session

31. Sentiment Feeling or emotion

32. Sonorous Rich and full of sound

33. Transcribe Make an exact copy of