1. V OCABULARY U NIT 6

2. A BSTAIN ( V ) To go without; to hold oneself back voluntarily On the first week of my diet, I abstained from eating the leftover Halloween candy.

3. B LIGHTED ( V ) To cause wither or decay; to destroy; ruin The early winter frost blighted the farmer’s pumpkin crops.

4. C REDULOUS ( ADJ ) Gullible; ready to believe anything She was a credulous fool to believe the blatant lies coming from her boyfriend.

5. E NSHROUD ( V ) To cover; conceal After killing the pup, Lennie enshrouded it in hay.

6. H AUGHTY ( ADJ ) Proud; snobbish; arrogant The king was too haughty to listen to the advice of his advisors.

7. L ACHRYMOSE ( ADJ ) Tearful; sad The lachrymose funeral deeply affected everyone in attendance.

8. O BFUSCATE ( V ) Deliberately make something difficult to understand The teacher obfuscated the math problem with additional information to test her students’ skills.

9. P LETHORA ( N ) An excess; overabundance Due to the plethora of ice cream flavors, I had a difficult time choosing!

10. R EPUDIATE ( V ) To shun; reject; refuse The congress repudiated the President’s health bill in a landslide vote.

11. T EDIUM ( N ) Boredom Melissa couldn’t stand the tedium of a long road trip with her family.