Unit 11 Vocabulary Review

What does the adjective "conservative" mean?

• Likely to spread to and affect others

• Extremely serious or urgent

• Holding to traditional attitudes and values

• Perceive or recognize

What does the adjective "contagious" mean?

• Holding to traditional attitudes and values

• Extremely serious or urgent

• Likely to spread to and affect others

• Perceive or recognize

What does the adjective "dire" mean?

• 1. Marked by interesting or exciting events

• Extremely serious or urgent

• Perceive or recognize

• Holding to traditional attitudes and values

What does the verb "discern" mean?

• 1. A basic or principal item, thing, feature, element, or part

• To perceive or recognize

• 1. Marked by interesting or exciting events

• 1. Develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more  complex form

What does the adjective "eventful" mean?

• 1. Loud and harsh; grating

• Marked by interesting or exciting events

• 1. Make someone agitated or confused

• 1. A basic or principal item, thing, feature, element, or part

What does the verb "evolve" mean?

• 1. Income, especially when of a company or organization and of
     a substantial nature

• To develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form

• 1. Marked by interesting or exciting events

• A wealthy, powerful person in business or industry

What does the verb "fluster" mean?

• 1. First in order of importance; main

• To make someone agitated or confused

• 1. Very complicated or detailed

• 1. A person's fixed or allotted period of work

What does the adjective "intricate" mean?

• Loud and harsh; grating

• Very complicated or detailed

• 1. Likely to spread to and affect others

• Perceive or recognize

What does the adjective "preposterous" mean?

• Extremely serious or urgent

• First in order of importance; main

• Make someone agitated or confused

• Contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous

What does the adjective "Principal" mean?

• 1. A wealthy, powerful person in business or industry

• A person's fixed or allotted period of work

• First in order of importance; main

• 1.  Very complicated or detailed