UNIT 5

1. UNIT 5 ADVANCING VOCABULARY SKILLS

2. interrogate • a. to flow or spread through • b. to question formally • c. to hint or suggest formally

3. insidious a. well-timed • b. having unlimited power • c. working harmfully but not noticed

4. insinuate • a. to prevent or hinder • b. to flow or spread throughout • c. to hint or suggest slyly

5. obsequious • a. more harmful than at first thought • b. very willing to serve or obey to gain favor • c. having unlimited power

6. forestall • a. to question formally • b. to be unequal • c. to prevent, hinder, or take precautions against

7. disparity • a. an inequality or difference • b. something given or done as a reward • c. a sly hint or suggestion

8. opportune • a. more harmful than realized • b. suitable for that time • c. all-powerful

9. complement • a. to perform without practice • b. to add to something what is needed or lacking • c. to carry out as ordered

10. obtrusive • a. undesirably noticeable • b. prudent and wise • c. extreme attention to details

11. intuition • a. mocking or insulting remark • b. something evil • c. the ability to know something naturally

12. heinous • a. able to keep silent about secrets • b. very evil and cruel • c. suggested but not stated

13. flout • a. treat with scorn or contempt • b. to carry out as ordered • c. to bring to perfection

14. impromptu • a. suggested but not stated directly • b. noticeable, standing out • c. spoken or done with no practice

15. implement • a. to add what is lacking or needed • b. to carry out • c. to treat with scorn or contempt

16. fastidious • a. extremely evil • b. extremely focused on details • c. prudent and wise

17. discreet • a. keeping silent about secrets • b. indirect meaning or idea • c. smoothed out and exact

18. permeate • a. given as a gift • b. to flow or spread to all areas • c. doing harm to others beneath one

19. retribution • a. given as a reward or pay • b. suitable; well-timed • c. to hint or suggest slyly

20. inference • a. a stated fact; spoken directly • b. all-powerful • c. drawn from evidence; an assumption

21. innuendo • a. a good or encouraging sign • b. one who is below another in rank • c. an indirect remark, suggesting something

22. expedite • a. to speed up or ease the progress of • b. to restore to favor with superiors • c. to sin or commit an offense

23. rebuke • a. to break a law or rule • b. to scold sharply • c. to praise and raise up in position

24. vehement • a. intense, forceful • b. a good sign or action • c. tell a lie, give false statements

25. fraudulent • a. being a good sign • b. using trickery or cheating or lies • c. under the power of another

26. auspicious • a. intense • b. favorable • c. inferior or below others

27. extenuating • a. forceful or bossy • b. all-powerful • c. serving to make less harmful by excuse

28. transgress • a. to sin and commit an offense or wrong • b. to speed up or ease the progress of • c. to restore to former rank or power

29. subordinate • a. encouraging, helping • b. intense • c. under the power of another

30. redeem • a. to scold or blame for actions • b. to restore to favor by good conduct • c. to break a law or command

31. turbulent • a. of greatest concern or importance • b. full of wildly irregular motion • c. expressing a low opinion of self

32. macabre • a. chief in rank or authority • b. about to happen • c. causing horror and disgust

33. quandary • a. a lie invented to deceive others • b. an uplifting statement • c. a state of uncertainty or confusion

34. derogatory • a. express a low opinion of • b. about to happen, soon • c. violently disturbed and upset

35. validate • a. to prove true • b. to prove false • c. to misunderstand

36. misconstrue • a. to invent a lie • b. to show to be true • c. to misinterpret

37. deride • a. to show to be false or wrong • b. to make fun of or ridicule • c. to make up a story to deceive

38. fabricate • a. to invent a lie • b. to show to be true • c. to ridicule

39. impending • a. cause horror and disgust • b. belittle and berate • c. about to happen or begin

40. paramount • a. necessary to cause change • b. of greatest concern or importance • c. frightening, scary

41. irreparable • a. much too willing to help • b. all-powerful • c. cannot be changed or repaired

42. adroit • a. skilled under challenging conditions • b. lacking ability to perform duties • c. a mark of shame due to poor performance

43. stigma • a. a member of a group represented by an elected official • b. a peak of achievement • c. a blemish on a reputation

44. repudiate • a. to claim to be true • b. to deny the truth of • c. to blemish a reputation

45. spontaneous • a. done as a result of a natural feeling or impulse • b. clever and well-spoken • c. not able to be repaired or remedied

46. promiscuous • a. skilled and expert under extreme conditions • b. not forced or planned • c. lacking standards for selection or conduct in sexual relations

47. pinnacle • a. a peak of achievement • b. a blemish on a career • c. a remark that is overused and trite

48. constituent • a. a pointed formation, especially a mountain peak • b. a member of a group represented by an elected official • c. a remark that is commonplace or overused

49. platitude • a. a member of a group; a gangster • b. a remark made boring by overuse • c. a peak of achievement

50. contention • a. a declaration of truth • b. to deny the truth • c. to repair or remedy