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Vocabulary Unit 6

Vocabulary Unit 6 . Abstain (v). To go without; to hold oneself back voluntarily On the first week of my diet, I abstained from eating the leftover Halloween candy. Blighted (v). To cause wither or decay; to destroy; ruin The early winter frost blighted the farmer’s pumpkin crops.

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Vocabulary Unit 6

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 6

  2. Abstain (v) • To go without; to hold oneself back voluntarily On the first week of my diet, I abstained from eating the leftover Halloween candy.

  3. Blighted (v) • To cause wither or decay; to destroy; ruin The early winter frost blighted the farmer’s pumpkin crops.

  4. Credulous (adj) • Gullible; ready to believe anything She was a credulous fool to believe the blatant lies coming from her boyfriend.

  5. Enshroud (v) • To cover; conceal After killing the pup, Lennie enshrouded it in hay.

  6. Haughty (adj) • Proud; snobbish; arrogant The king was too haughty to listen to the advice of his advisors.

  7. Lachrymose (adj) • Tearful; sad The lachrymose funeral deeply affected everyone in attendance.

  8. Obfuscate (v) • Deliberately make something difficult to understand The teacher obfuscated the math problem with additional information to test her students’ skills.

  9. Plethora (n) • An excess; overabundance Due to the plethora of ice cream flavors, I had a difficult time choosing!

  10. Repudiate (v) • To shun; reject; refuse The congress repudiated the President’s health bill in a landslide vote.

  11. Tedium (n) • Boredom Melissa couldn’t stand the tedium of a long road trip with her family.

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