Vocabulary Workshop 8 - Unit 9

(adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

• apt

• awry

• bludgeon

• capitulate

(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

• apt

• awry

• bludgeon

• capitulate

(n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point

• apt

• awry

• bludgeon

• capitulate

(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel

• apt

• awry

• bludgeon

• capitulate

(v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing

• chafe

• defile

• dire

• disarming

(v., trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon

• chafe

• defile

• dire

• disarming

dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come.

• chafe

• defile

• dire

• disarming

(adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion

• chafe

• defile

• dire

• disarming

(adj., part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

• disgruntled

• encroach

• endow

• fend

(v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

• disgruntled

• encroach

• endow

• fend