Vocab Unit 5

to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from; 

lie exposed to warmth and light

• bask

• finesse

• flaunt

• instill

to exclude from a group, banish, send away

• aloof

• instill

• defect

• ostracize

embarrassed or ashamed

• finesse

• aloof

• abashed

• pseudonym

a pen name, name assumed by a writer

• scapegoat

• pseudonym

• bask

• purge

resolute

• bold, determined; firm

• able to hold, keep, or recall; retaining 

  knowledge easily

•  person or thing carrying the blame for others

  In ancient times,

• an effect or consequence of some action or 

  event, result, an echo or reverberation

a person or thing carrying the blame for others

In ancient times

• scapegoat

• retentive

• finesse

• aloof

(n)delicate skill, tact and cleverness

(v) to accomplish something by cleverness

• finesse

• forthright

• flaunt

• abashed

frank, direct, straightforward

• finesse

• forthright

• genial

• instill

to wave or flutter showily; to display in a 

conceited, offensive way

• articulate

• premonition

• flaunt

• bask

to wash away impurities, clean up

the process of getting rid of something or

someone decisively

• purge

• rehabilitation

• resolute

• ostracize