Vocabulary8 Unit 11 Definitions and Meanings

ensue

• (v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result

• (v.) to prevent something from happening

• (v.) to create a situation or condition

• (v.) to analyze or examine closely

belated

• (adj.) early, prompt

• (adj.) late, tardy

• (adj.) quick, speedy

• (adj.) regular, timely

milieu

• (n.) a type of clothing

• (n.) a musical genre

• (n.) the setting, surroundings, environment

• (n.) a type of food

impart

• (v.) to make known, tell; to give, pass something on

• (v.) to conceal information; to keep something secret

• (v.) to destroy or eliminate; to remove completely

• (v.) to create or generate; to produce something new

ensue

• (v.) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result

• (v.) to cause to happen

• (v.) to prevent from occurring

• (v.) to make a decision

pert

• (adj.) high-spirited; lively; bold, saucy; jaunty

• (adj.) dull; lifeless; timid; shy

• (adj.) serious; somber; grave; solemn

• (adj.) lazy; lethargic; inactive; sluggish

appease

• (v.) to make calm, soothe; to relieve, satisfy; to yield to

• (v.) to provoke, irritate; to annoy, disturb; to resist

• (v.) to ignore, neglect; to overlook, dismiss; to reject

• (v.) to confuse, bewilder; to complicate, entangle; to frustrate

decoy

• (v.) to attract attention; (n.) a person or thing used to distract

• (v.) to lure into a trap; (n.) a person or thing used to lure into a trap

• (v.) to capture; (n.) a person or thing used to catch

• (v.) to confuse; (n.) a person or thing used to mislead

delve

• (v.) to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly into

• (v.) to ignore or overlook something

• (v.) to skim the surface of a topic

• (v.) to hastily examine without detail

overbearing

• (adj.) domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant

• (adj.) humble, modest, unassuming

• (adj.) cheerful, friendly, sociable

• (adj.) lazy, indifferent, apathetic