Vocab Unit 11

(v.) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to

• appease

• ensue

• pacify

• regale

(adj.) late, tardy

(a)  

Match the following

• (adj.) in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite

• Delve

• (v.) to quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court; to commend, recommend

• Calamitous

• (v.) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into

• Conventional

• (adj.) causing great misfortune

• Decoy

• (v.) to lure into a trap; (n.) a person or thing used to lure into a trap

• Cite

(v.) to follow in order, come immediately after, and as a result

• result

• ensue

• elephant juice

• overbearing

(n.) heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy

(a)  

Match the following

• (adj.) high-spirited; lively; bold, saucy; jaunty

• impart

• (adj.) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant

• overbearing

• (adj.) using or showing good judgement, wise, sensible

• milieu

• (v.) to make known, tell; to give, pass something on

• pert

• (n.) the setting, surroundings, environment

• judicious

(v.) to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between

(adj.) occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary

• umpire

• referee

• mediate

• arbitrate

(adj.) strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking; out of the way, geographically remote; exceeding reasonable limits

(a)  

Match the following

• (v.) to feast, entertain agreeably

• shiftless

• (adj.) lazy, lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient

• quirk

• (n.) a stain or spot; a mark of corruption or dishonor; (v.) to stain or contaminate

• taint

• (n.) a peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn

• regale