Unit 12 Vocabulary Flashcards
Aesthetic
-adj. pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty
Defunct
-adj. no longer in existence or functioning, dead
Discomfit
v. to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass
Espouse
-v. to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry
Fetish
-n. an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
Gregarious
-adj. living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others
Hapless
-adj. marked by a persistent absence of good luck
Impeccable
-adj. faultless, beyond criticism or blame
Importune
-v. to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently
Interpolate
-v. to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
Irreparable
-adj. incapable of being repaired or rectified
Laconic
-adj. concise, using few words
Languish
-v. to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect
Mendacious
-adj. given to lying or deception; untrue
Nadir
-The Lowest Point