Vocabulary Workshop - Level F - Unit 15

deference

• courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by subission, as to a superior

• a vague sense of approaching misfortune

• a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyound what is justified

• to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit

mawkish

• excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor

• (adj.) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacabe, inflexible; (n.) an extremely hard substance

• easily made angery, bad-tempered

• to soften; to calm, allay (as an emotion); reduce in intensity

presentiment

• a vague sense of approaching misfortune

• to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate

• courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by subission, as to a superior

• something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame

brouhaha

• the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner etc.; facial appearance, mien

• conclusive, final, the limit of what can be done

• a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyound what is justified

• puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

enigmatic

• puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

• to cut short, bring to a halt, or end sooner than expected; to reduce

• to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive; to lessen, diminish; postpone, defer

• of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)

cloy

• (n.) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; (v.) to provide such defense or protection

• to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit

• needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensible

• (adj., adv) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark, a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation

thwart

• excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor

• (adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n.) a person given to wild spending

• to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate

• the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner etc.; facial appearance, mien

impromptu

• to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive; to lessen, diminish; postpone, defer

• (adj., adv) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark, a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation

• a vague sense of approaching misfortune

• easily made angery, bad-tempered.

profligate

• (adj., adv) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark, a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation

• puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

• (adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n.) a person given to wild spending

• needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensible

onus

• to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate

• (adj.) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacabe, inflexible; (n.) an extremely hard substance

• conclusive, final, the limit of what can be done

• something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame