Vocabulary Quiz #8

near, next to

• adjacent

• akin

• candid

• loath

sharing the same properties

• sham

• akin

• melancholy

• nimble

honest and straightforward, without holding back unpleasant truths; informal; unposed

• adjacent

• overwhelm

• candid

• yearn

to hold the attention of as though under a spell

• erode

• mull

• pamper

• enthrall

to wear away gradually; to eat away

• erode

• shirk

• vocation

• mull

unwilling, reluctant

• melancholy

• loath

• sham

• enthrall

sad, gloomy, unhappy

• nimble

• overwhelm

• melancholy

• yearn

to think about something carefully; to consider

• akin

• enthrall

• erode

• mull

able to move easily and quick

• nimble

• loath

• adjacent

• sham

to overcome completely in mind or feeling

• shirk

• overwhelm

• erode

• mull