Unit Ten Vocab

(n.) an exchange in trade

(v.) to exchange goods

syn: (v.) trade, swap

ant: (v.) sell, buy, purchase

• engross

• barter

• devise

• entail

(adj.) short, rudely brief

syn: rude, brusque, terse, summary

ant: civil, courteous, lengthy, detailed

• scoff

• rue

• curt

• personable

(v.) to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

syn: contrive, work out, design

• personable

• habituate

• entail

• devise

(adj.) skillful in the use of hands or body; clever

syn: agile, handy, deft

ant: clumsy, awkward, ungainly

• dexterous

• devise

• personable

• whimsical

(v.) to occupy the complete attention of, absorb fully

syn: immerse, preoccupy

ant: bore, stultify, put to sleep

• entail

• engross

• accord

• barter

(n.) agreement, harmony

(v.) to agree, be in harmony or bring into harmony; to grant, bestow on

syn: (n.) mutual understanding

ant: (n.) disagreement, conflict, friction

• accord

• engross

• entail

• rue

(v.) to put a burden on, impose, involve; to restrict ownership of property by limiting inheritance

(n.) such a restriction

syn: (v.) necessitate

ant: (v.) exclude, rule out, preclude

• personable

• accord

• entail

• engross

(n.) a kind of weasel

(v.) to search or hunt out; to torment, badger

syn: (v.) to track down, sniff out

• curt

• barter

• accord

• ferret

(v.) to become used to; to cause to become used to

syn: inure, get used to

ant: deprogam, brainwash

• habituate

• accord

• entail

• engross

(adj., part.) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way

syn: imminent, upcoming

ant: distant, remote

• personable

• impending

• curt

• devise