Unit Nine Vocabulary Review (Adv)

What does the word "auxiliary" mean?

• frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

• giving assistance or support

• a small room or compartment

• work that is hard and tiresome

What does the word "candid" mean?

• to pretend

• advantageous; useful

• to elevate; to increase in intensity

• frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

What does the word "cubicle" mean?

• a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person

• a vast number (as of people); a throng

• a small room or compartment

• a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation

What does the word "drudgery" mean?

• a representative or messenger (as of a government)

• work that is hard and tiresome

• to elevate; to increase in intensity

• causing sorrow or pain; serious

What does the word "envoy" mean?

• to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to run hastily; scurry

• a representative or messenger (as of a government)

• offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

• with a harsh, grating sound

What does the word "escalate" mean?

• to elevate; to increase in intensity

• advantageous; useful

• a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

• composed of different kinds, diverse

What does the word "expedient" mean?

• to pretend

• to force, drive forward

• advantageous; useful

• disbelieving,skeptical

What does the word "feign" mean?

• to pretend

• to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list

• with a harsh, grating sound

• offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

What does the word "flair" mean?

• a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style

• 1. to sink a ship by cutting holes in it; to run hastily; scurry

• offensive, disagreeable,distasteful

• with a harsh, grating sound

What does the word "grievous" mean?

• 1. a vast number (as of people); a throng

• 1. to force, drive forward

• causing sorrow or pain; serious

• disbelieving, skeptical