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Vocabulary. Unit 9 20 Words Quiz Friday. Auxiliary - giving assistance or support Candid - frank, sincere; impartial; unposed Cubicle - a small room or compartment Drudgery - work that is hard and tiresome Envoy - a representative or messenger (as of a government) .
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Vocabulary Unit 9 20 Words Quiz Friday
Auxiliary - giving assistance or support • Candid - frank, sincere; impartial; unposed • Cubicle - a small room or compartment • Drudgery - work that is hard and tiresome • Envoy - a representative or messenger (as of a government)
Escalate - to elate; to increase in intensity • Expedient - a means to an end; advantageous, useful • Feign - To pretend • Flair - a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style • Grievous - causing sorrow or pain; serious
Heterogeneous - composed of different kinds, diverse • Horde - a vast number (usually living things); a throng • Impel - to force, drive forward • Incredulous - disbelieving, skeptical • Inscribe - to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
Monologue - a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person • Prognosis - a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation • Rasping - With a harsh, grating sound • Repugnant - offensive, disagreeable, distasteful • Scuttle - to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; to run hastily, scurry