Vocabulary Unit 4

The state legislators voted by an overwhelming majority to annul the out-of-date law.

• indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

• to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

• full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

Battle-hardened soldiers may tend to become a bit blase about the dangers they face.

• to remove, drive out of a position or place

• a person or thing of no importance

• indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

• lying face down; inclined, likely

When you write a research paper, you should always use appropriate facts to bolster your case.

• elaborately decorated; showily splendid

• to read thoroughly and carefully

• to feel or express regret or disapproval

• to support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

Social critics deplore what they believe is a widespread decline in good manners.

• to feel or express regret or disapproval

• a remainder, that which remains when a part has used up or removed

• showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

• lying face down; inclined, likely

I'll ignore your frivolous suggestion.

• to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; a list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation

• a high point of land extending into water

• to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of

• of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

You will need to muster your courage to face the bully who has been tormenting you.

• to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; a list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation

• elaborately decorated; showily splendid

• to read thoroughly and carefully

• to support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

We may not be movie stars, but we do not deserve to be treated as nonentities by the presumptuous and haughty headwaiter.

• a person or thing of no importance

• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

• a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

• a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection

If you allow fear of failure to obsess you, you will find it difficult or even impossible to achieve your goals in life.

• to read thoroughly and carefully

• to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

• to remove, drive out of a position or place

If you ask me, an ornate gilded frame distracts the viewer's eye from a simple drawing.

• indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

• full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

• elaborately decorated; showily splendid

• serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

Military leaders ousted the duly elected president and took over the government.

• to read thoroughly and carefully

• to remove, drive out of a position or place

• to support, give a boost to

• to feel or express regret or disapproval