Unit 10 Vocab

(N) an exchange in trade; (V) to exchange goods

Syn: (V) trade, swap

Ant: (V) sell, buy, purchase

• curt

• engross

• devise

• barter

(V) to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

Syn: contrive, work out, design

• habitulate

• devise

• engross

• ferret

(V) to occupy the complete attention of, absorb fully

Syn: immerse, preoccupy

Ant: bore, stultify, put to sleep

• engross

• entail

• impending

• scoff

(N) a kind of weasel; (V) to search or hunt out; to torment, badger

Syn: (V) track down, sniff out

• scoff

• rue

• ferret

• personable

(ADJ) about to happen, hanging over in a menacing way

Syn: imminent, upcoming

Ant: distant, remote

• impending

• scoff

• upbraid

• vex

(V) to regret, be sorry for; (N) a feeling of regret

Syn: (V) repent

Ant: (V) cherish

• whimsical

• vitality

• rue

• dexterous

(N) the change from one state or condition to another

Syn: conversion, switch, passage

• accord

• vex

• scoff

• transition

(V) to blame, scold, find fault with

Syn: bawl out, reprimand

Ant: praise, pat on the back

• curt

• accord

• upbraid

• scoff

(V) to annoy, anger, exasperate; to confuse, baffle

Syn: irritate, irk, puzzle, distress

Ant: please, delight, soothe, mollify

• transition

• vex

• vitality

• trepidation

(ADJ) subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies; playful; unpredictable

Syn: odd, peculiar, quaint, fanciful

Ant: serious, sober, matter-of-fact, realistic

• whimsical

• veritable

• curt

• dexterous