Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards
Adverse
(adj.) Unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile
The adverse man was unoptimistic of finding the stolen items.
Arid
(adj.) Extremely dry; uninteresting, dull
The desert is a very arid region.
Assailant
(n.) A person who attacks violently.
The assailant was hired to kill the enemy.
Billow
(n.) A large wave
(v.) To rise or swell like a wave
The strong billow damaged the ship.
Confront
(v.) To meet face-to-face
Joe confronted Jim about stealing his lunch.
Constrain
(v.) To force, to compel; to hold back
The man tried to constrain his emotions, but he couldn’t hold them back any longer.
Contemporary
(adj.) Belonging to the same time period of one’s self
(n.) A person of the same time.
The belief that the world is flat was contemporary when Christopher Columbus was alive.
Depict
(v.) To portray; to represent in the form of a picture.
The artist depicted the bowl of fruit.
Disinterested
(adj.) Free-minded, free from selfish motives.
The lawyer was trying to make it sound like her client was disinterested.
Encompass
(v.) To encircle, go or reach around; to enclose
The enemy seemed to outnumber and encompass the allies in my favorite movie.
Groundless
(adj.) Without good reason or cause, unjustified
The criminal who committed the groundless crime was convicted of the rightful charges.
Hypocrite
(n.) A person who pretends to be what they are not or better than they really are.
Drew accused Dylan of not being smart, even though Dylan was smarter than Drew, so he was being a hypocrite.
Incomprehensible
(adj.) Impossible to understand
The man’s heavy accent was incomprehensible to hear.
Manipulate
(v.) To handle or use skillfully to gain a personal advantage.
The student decided to manipulate his water bottle wrapper to display answers to his test.
Maximum
(n.) The greatest possible amount or degree
The inmate who had escaped multiple times from jail was transferred to a maximum-security prison.
