Vocabulary Workshop - Level F - Unit 12

enthrall

• marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

• to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison

• to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of

• sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestionof decisiveness and effectiveness

winsome

• to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt

• charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)

• a model of excellence or perfection

• sparking, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)

ostentatious

• to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison

• harmful, injurious

• marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

• charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)

cupidity

• an eager desire for something; greed

• to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses

• tending to cause harm or obstruct developments; being oppositional or adverse

• (n) a loud ringing sound;(v) to make a loud ringing noise

extenuate

• to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses

• implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservaions, unquestioning; potentially contained in

• side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time

• prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient

scintillating

• making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or ious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou

• sparking, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)

• extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive, profuse, lush

• (n.) a representation, such as a drawing, that exaggerates a subject's characteristic features; (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way

deleterious

• to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses

• an eager desire for something; greed

• dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic

• harmful, injurious

implicit

• to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison

• understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservaions, unquestioning; potentially contained in

• side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time

• dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic

enhance

• to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of

• sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestionof decisiveness and effectiveness

• a model of excellence or perfection

• sparking, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)

paragon

• prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient

• tending to cause harm or obstruct developments; being oppositional or adverse

• harmful, injurious

• a model of excellence or perfection