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Vocab Unit 12

Vocab Unit 12. Aesthetic ( adj ; n). pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty. Defunct ( adj ). no longer in existence or functioning, dead. Discomfit (v). to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass. Espouse (v).

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Vocab Unit 12

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  1. Vocab Unit 12

  2. Aesthetic (adj; n) • pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

  3. Defunct (adj) • no longer in existence or functioning, dead

  4. Discomfit (v) • to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

  5. Espouse (v) • to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

  6. Fetish (n) • an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasonable devotion or reverence

  7. Gregarious (adj) • Living together in a herd or a group; sociable, seeking company of others

  8. Hapless (adj) • marked by a persistent absence of good luck

  9. Impeccable (adj) • Faultless, beyond criticism or blame

  10. Importune (v) • to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

  11. Interpolate (v) • to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

  12. Irreparable (adj) • incapable of being repaired or rectified

  13. Laconic (adj) • Concise,usingfew words

  14. Languish (v) • to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

  15. Mendacious (adj) • given to lying or deception; untrue

  16. Nadir (n) • the lowest point

  17. Omnipresent (adj) • present in all places at all times

  18. Perfunctory (adj) • done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

  19. Plaintive (adj) • Expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy

  20. Requite (v) • to make suitable repayment, as for kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong, to reciprocate “unrequited love” – love that is not returned or reciprocated.

  21. Tantamount (adj) • equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect

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