Vocabulary Workshop Unit 12

(adj.) husky, brawny, athletic

• strapping

• valiant

• implement

• confer

(adj.) gigantic, huge

• thrive

• scant

• titantic

• abduct

(adj.) showing great effort; concentrated

• compact

• balk

• incalculable

• intensive

(v.) to stop short and refuse to go on; to refuse abruptly to prevent from happening

• balk

• strapping

• maneuver

• scant

(adj.) beyond question or argument

• indisputable

• frigid

• ambiguous

• earmark

(adj.) freezing, unresponsive

• sabotage

• thrive

• frigid

• valiant

(v.) to kidnap, carry off by force

• stealthy

• abduct

• maneuver

• compact

(adj.) not clear

• stealthy

• strident

• abduct

• ambiguous

compact

• closely and firmly packed together, small

• possessing or acting with bravery

• harsh, shrill

• to stop short

(v.) to grow vigorously

• thrive

• incalculable

• implement

• balk