Vocabulary Workshop - Level G

2. Jettison Furtive Indigent Picayune
Allay Convivial Demur Garish
Counterpart Embellish Misanthrope Bestial
Coterie Ephemeral Effrontery Illusory
Pertinacious Felicitous Inordinate Raiment

3. A person or thing closely
resembling or
corresponding to another;
a complement
- match
COUNTERPA
RT

4. Festive, sociable, having
fun together; genial
- Fun loving, jovial, merry
CONVIVAL

5. Circle of acquaintances; a
close-knit, often exclusive
group of people with a
common interest
COTERIE

6. To object or take exception
to
- protest, object to
DEMUR

7. Shameless boldness;
impudence
- gall, nerve, impertinence
EFFRONTER
Y

8. To calm or pacify; set to
rest; to lessen or relieve
- reduce, alleviate; pacify
ALLAY

9. To decorate, adorn, touch
up; to improve by adding
details
- garnish
EMBELLISH

10. A person who hates or
despises people
- People-hater
MISANTHROP
E

11. Appropriate, apt, well
chosen; marked by well-being
or good fortune;
happy
- fortunate, well put
FELICITOUS

12. Clothing, garments
-apparel, attire
RAIMENT

13. Misleading, deceptive;
lacking in or not based on
reality
- specious, spurious,
imaginary, fanciful
ILLUSORY

14. Lasting only a short time;
short-lived; fleeting
- transient, evanescent,
fleeting
EPHEMERAL

15. Done slyly or stealthily;
sneaky, secret, shifty,
stolen
- clandestine, covert,
surreptitious
FURTIVE

16. Beastlike; beastly, brutal;
subhuman in intelligence
and sensibility
- depraved, loathsome,
animal
BESTIAL

17. Very persistent; holding
firmly to a course of
action or a set of beliefs;
hard to get rid of
- Refusing to be denied,
stubborn, dogged
PERTINACIO
US

18. Glaring, tastelessly showy
or overdone in a vulgar or
offensive way
- gaudy, flashy, tawdry
GARISH

19. Needy, impoverished
- penniless, poverty-stricken,
destitute
INDIGENT

20. Far too great, exceeding
reasonable limits;
excessive
- exorbitant, extravagant
- Too much
INORDINATE

21. To cast overboard, to get
rid of as unnecessary or
burdensome
- cast off, discard, abandon
JETTISON

22. Of little value or
importance; paltry,
measly; small-minded
- inconsequential, piddling
PICAYUNE