Vocabulary Workshop Unit 15

(adj.) Full of melancholy yearning or longing, sad

• wholesome

• wistful

• uncouth

• sham

(n.) A small hole made by a sharp object

(v.) To make such a hole, pierce

• puncture

• retaliate

• underscore

• prosecute

(n.) A long narrative poem (or other literary composition) about the deeds of heroes; an event or movement of great sweep

(adj.) On a grand scale, vast

• pessimist

• beacon

• encounter

• epic

(n.) A light or other signal that warns and guides; a lighthouse; anything that guides or inspires

• beacon

• pantomime

• precaution

• data

(n.) Information; facts

• sham

• celestial

• epic

• data

(adj., adv.) Violently and destructively enraged

• chasten

• encounter

• berserk

• prosecute

(n.) A play or story performed without words by actors using only gestures

(v.) To express in this way

• pantomime

• confiscate

• celestial

• retaliate

(adj.) Healthy; morally and socially sound and good; helping to bring about or preserve good health

• celestial

• sham

• wholesome

• pessimist

(v.) To get revenge; to strike back for an injury

• retaliate

• underscore

• detract

• prosecute

(adj.) Having to do with the sky or heavens; heavenly; yielding great bliss or happiness

• chasten

• celestial

• precaution

• encounter