Unit 8 Vocabulary #1-10

cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims

synonyms: grumpy, grouchy, crabby, disagreeable

• affluence

• crotchety

• immobile

• cringe

wealth riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty

synonyms: opulence

• impassable

• affluence

• cascade

• arrears

unpaid or overdue debts; an unfinished duty

synonyms: in default, in the red, late, overdue

• arrears

• affluence

• innovation

• manacle

a steep narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing forth in quantity

synonyms: plunge, rush, tumble

• jovial

• arrears

• cascade

• immobile

to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness

synonyms: flinch, duck, fawn

• crotchety

• impassable

• affluence

• cringe

not movable; not moving

synonyms: fixed, unmoving

• manacle

• immobile

• impassable

• arrears

blocked so that nothing can go through

synonyms: closed, impenetrable

• impassable

• immobile

• cringe

• affluence

something new, a change; the act of introducing a new method, idea, device etc.

synonyms: novelty, modernization, new wrinkle

• crotchety

• innovation

• impassable

• manacle

good humored, in high spirits; merry

synonyms: jolly, cheerful, festive

• arrears

• innovation

• immobile

• jovial

a handcuff, anything that chains or confines; to chain or restrain (as with handcuffs)

synonyms: put in chains, fetter

• manacle

• jovial

• impassable

• immobile