ELL Unit 12 Vocab Definitions

absolve

• clamorous noise

• free from blame, guilt, punishment

• excellence and perfection

• brilliant and sparkling

caricature

• a distorted drawing of a person

• harmful and injurious

• showy and impressive

• prudent and shrewd

clangor

• restate or reword

• side-by-side, touching

• charm and captivate

• a loud noise, clang

contiguous

• touching, side-by-side, in contact

• emit or send out

• lacking imagination

• free from blame

cupidity

• greed, excessive desire to possess

• sharp or piercing

• reword for clarity

• righteousness

deleterious

• to ooze forth

• more than necessary

• harmful and injurious

• brilliant and sparkling

enhance

• increase the degree or value

• not openly stated

• superior or notable

• commonplace and dull

enthrall

• implied, not openly stated

• to charm or captivate

• prudent and shrewd

• free from blame

extenuate

• repetitive

• sharp or piercing

• emit or send out

• lessen the seriousness of an offense

exude

• emit or send out, ooze forth

• superior, notable, outstanding

• commonplace and dull

• free from blame