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Vocabulary Unit 12 (and it’s a good one)

Vocabulary Unit 12 (and it’s a good one). Song of the Day: Spoon – “The Underdog”. Aesthetic. Adjective Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty Synonym: artistic. Defunct. Adjective No longer in existence or functioning; dead Synonyms: extinct, nonexistent

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Vocabulary Unit 12 (and it’s a good one)

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 12(and it’s a good one) Song of the Day: Spoon – “The Underdog”

  2. Aesthetic • Adjective • Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty • Synonym: artistic

  3. Defunct • Adjective • No longer in existence or functioning; dead • Synonyms: extinct, nonexistent • Antonyms: alive, extant

  4. Discomfit • Verb • To frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass • Synonyms: nonplus, disconcert, foil

  5. Espouse • Verb • To take up and support; to become attached to; adopt; to marry • Synonyms: embrace, wed • Antonyms: repudiate, disavow, renounce

  6. Fetish • Noun • An object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence • Synonyms: charm, talisman, obsession

  7. Gregarious • Adjective • Living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others • Synonyms: outgoing, extroverted • Antonyms: aloof, introverted, reclusive

  8. Hapless • Adjective • Marked by a persistent absence of good luck • Synonyms: unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate • Antonyms: lucky, charmed, fortunate

  9. Impeccable • Adjective • Faultless, beyond criticism or blame • Synonyms: flawless, spotless, immaculate • Antonyms: grimly, soiled, spotted, sullied

  10. Importune • Verb • To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently • Synonyms: implore, entreat, dun, tax

  11. Interpolate • Verb • to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction • Synonyms: inject interpose, introduce

  12. Irreparable • Verb • Incapable of being repaired or rectified • Synonyms: irremediable • Antonyms: remediable, fixable, reversible

  13. Laconic • Adjective • Concise, using few words • Synonyms: terse, succinct, pithy, compact • Antonyms: garrulous, prolix, loquacious, verbose

  14. Languish • Verb • To become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect • Synonyms: flag, wilt, fade, pine

  15. Mendacious • Adjective • Given to lying or deception; untrue • Synonyms: untruthful, false • Antonyms: truthful, veracious

  16. Nadir • Noun • The lowest point • Synonyms: rock bottom • Antonyms: apex, pinnacle, zenith

  17. Omnipresent • Adjective • Present in all places at all times • Synonyms: ubiquitous, ever-present

  18. Perfunctory • Adjective • Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm • Synonyms: slapdash, cursory, shallow • Antonyms: thorough, assiduous, diligent, meticulous

  19. Plaintive • Adjective • Expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy • Synonyms: sad, doleful, lugubrious • Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, joyous, merry

  20. Requite • Verb • To make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate • Synonyms: reimburse, recompense, avenge

  21. Tantamount • Adjective • equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect • Synonyms: indistinguishable from

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