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Leaving Your Small Vocabulary Behind

Leaving Your Small Vocabulary Behind. Vocabulary 9 Unit 9. drudgery (n.) work that is hard and tiresome repugnant (adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful monologue (n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person. candid (adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

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Leaving Your Small Vocabulary Behind

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  1. Leaving Your Small Vocabulary Behind Vocabulary 9 Unit 9

  2. drudgery (n.) • work that is hard and tiresome • repugnant (adj.) • offensive, disagreeable, distasteful • monologue (n.) • a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

  3. candid (adj.) • frank, sincere; impartial; unposed • escalate (v.) • to elevate; to increase in intensity • feign (v.) • to pretend

  4. flair (n.) • a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style • prognosis (n.) • a forecast of the probably course and outcome of a disease or situation

  5. scuttle • (v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes into it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; • (v.) to run hastily, scurry; • (n.) a pail • impel (v.) • to force, drive forward

  6. The navigator was no longer able to feign an ability to guide the submarine.

  7. frank, sincere; impartial; unposed • candid (adj.) • to elevate; to increase in intensity • escalate (v.) • to pretend • feign (v.)

  8. (v.) to sink a ship by cutting holes into it; to get rid of something in a decisive way; • (v.) to run hastily, scurry; • (n.) a pail • scuttle • to force, drive forward • impel (v.)

  9. work that is hard and tiresome • drudgery (n.) • offensive, disagreeable, distasteful • repugnant (adj.) • a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person • monologue (n.)

  10. a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style • flair (n.) • a forecast of the probably course and outcome of a disease or situation • prognosis (n.)

  11. Having an orc serve as a diplomat escalated the tensions at the UN.

  12. incredulous (adj.) • disbelieving, skeptical • rasping • (adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; • (n.) a harsh sound

  13. horde (n.) • a vast number (as of people); a throng • cubicle (n.) • a small room or compartment • grievous (adj.) • causing sorrow or pain; serious

  14. heterogeneous (adj.) • composed of different kinds, diverse • inscribe (v.) • to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list • envoy (n.) • a representative or messenger (as of the government)

  15. auxiliary • (adj.) giving assistance or support; • (n.) a helper aid • expedient • (n.) a means to an end; • (adj.) advantageous, useful

  16. Hand-picking may not seem like the most expedient way to harvest chilies, but it gives a person work.

  17. composed of different kinds, diverse • heterogeneous (adj.) • to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list • inscribe (v.) • a representative or messenger (as of the government) • envoy (n.)

  18. disbelieving, skeptical • incredulous (adj.) • (adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; • (n.) a harsh sound • rasping

  19. (adj.) giving assistance or support; • (n.) a helper aid • auxiliary • (n.) a means to an end; • (adj.) advantageous, useful • expedient

  20. a vast number (as of people); a throng • horde (n.) • a small room or compartment • cubicle (n.) • causing sorrow or pain; serious • grievous (adj.)

  21. The fire department likes to act as an auxiliary to the ski patrol.

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