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Vocabulary List 5

acrimony - noun a rough and bitter manner

balk - noun an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base;the area on a billiard table

behind the balkline; one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof; something

immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress;verb refuse to complycajole - verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

collaborate - verb work together on a common enterprise of project; cooperate as a traitor

contrite - adj. feeling regret for a fault or offence; feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins

or offenses

emulate - verb compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; imitate the function

of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software; strive to equal or match,

especially by imitating

enunciate - verb express or state clearly; speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

evoke - verb call to mind; summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by

magic; deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); evoke or provoke to appear or occur; call

forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

enhance - verb increase; make better or more attractive

expatriate - noun voluntarily absent from home or country;verbmove away from one's native

country and adopt a new residence abroad; expel from a country

expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a

learned way, usually in writing;state

frowsy - adj. negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt

heinousadj. hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinousoffense.

impeccable - adj. not capable of sin; without fault or errorimpound - verb place or shut up in a pound; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal

authority

inane - adj. devoid of intelligence

inscrutable - adj. of an obscure nature

magnanimous - adj. generous and understanding and tolerant;noble and generous in spirit

sere - adj. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

unctuous - adj. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes

cogn (root) know, learn

1. cognate- related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.

2. cognizant - having cognizance; aware (usually fol. by of):

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carn (root)meat

1. carnivorean animal that eats flesh

2. carnationthe natural color of flesh; rosy pink

vor (root)

eat greedily

1. favorsomething done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for

remuneration

2. savor - the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste orof smell.

in (prefix) not, lacking

1. inadequatenot meeting the requirements especially of a task; not sufficient to meet a

need

2. incapable - not meeting requirements; lacking capacity or ability

re (prefix)back or again

1. recommend - make attractive or acceptable; push for something; express a good

opinion of

2. reassure - give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; cause to feel

sure; give reassurance to