Unit 10-11 Vocabulary

Shortness, terseness, pithiness

• Concise

• Brevity

• Demure

• Proponent

To conduct or bear oneself, behave; agree, concur

• Forestall

• Garble

• Divulge

• Comport

Expressing much in few words; brief, to the point

• Concise

• Comport

• Statute

• Rivulet

A law, rule, enactment

• Squander

• Statute

• Rivulet

• Reek

To spring back; shrink; flinch

• Recoil

• Recoup

• Relentless

• Quaver

Shake, tremble, shiver, vibrate

• Proponent

• Reek

• Quaver

• Relentless

Unyielding, harsh, without pity, stern

• Relentless

• Demure

• Brevity

• Staccato

To spend foolishly; waste, misspend

• Staccato

• Rivulet

• Comport

• Squander

A small stream; creak, rill

• Reek

• Recoil

• Rivulet

• Garble

Lessoning in value; belittling; cheapening

• Divulge

• Depreciation

• Enlightened

• Forestall