Vocabulary Review, Lessons 13-18, Book H

To agree or comply reluctantly but without protest

• acquiesce

• vex

• behoove

• cite

• instigate

having or consisting of similar parts throughout

• matriarchal

• exemplary

• cynical

• homogeneous

• oblique

a descriptive, sometimes abusive, word or phrase for a person or thing

• criterion

• colloquial

• diffusion

• onomatopoeia

• epithet

to praise officially; to honor

• hamper

• festoon

• instigate

• denote

• cite

the process of scattering or dispersing

• eulogy

• perfidy

• annihilation

• extortion

• diffusion

emotionally unfeeling; insensitive

• elusive

• unbridled

• serene

• marginal

• callous

indirect or misleading

• simultaneous

• gullible

• distraught

• oblique

• ungainly

an admiring speech or written tribute, usually for someone who has died

• fanfare

• eulogy

• perfidy

• epithet

• virtuoso

the act of obtaining through force, intimidation, or abuse of authority

• diffusion

• sabotage

• extortion

• criterion

• abstinence

to wrestle fiercely

• behoove

• cleave

• dismantle

• grapple

• rummage