Vocab Unit 6

Question 0

aloof

Answer 0

at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart

Question 1

abashed

Answer 1

ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted

Question 2

anguish

Answer 2

excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain

Question 3

articulate

Answer 3

uttered clearly in distinct syllables

Question 4

bask

Answer 4

to lie in or be exposed to a pleasant warmth

Question 5

defect

Answer 5

a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection

Question 6

finesse

Answer 6

extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.

Question 7

flaunt

Answer 7

to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly

Question 8

forthright

Answer 8

going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken

Question 9

genial

Answer 9

warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial

Question 10

instill

Answer 10

to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject

Question 11

ostracize

Answer 11

to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges

Question 12

premonition

Answer 12

a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment

Question 13

pseudonym

Answer 13

a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name

Question 14

purge

Answer 14

to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify

Question 15

rehabilitate

Answer 15

to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like

Question 16

repercussion

Answer 16

an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action

Question 17

resolute

Answer 17

firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion

Question 18

retentive

Answer 18

tending or serving to retain something.

Question 19

scapegoat

Answer 19

a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place