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Vocabulary Unit 10, Level E
To accept without protest, to agree or submit … comply with, accede, consent, yield Acquiesce (v.)
To entice, tempt, to be attractive to/a strong attraction, the power to attract, charm … beguile, tantalize/temptation, enticement Allure (v./n.)
Twisted to one side, crooked/disapprovingly … awry, lopsided, cockeyed Askew (adj./adv.)
Cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned … carefree, nonchalant, indifferent  Blithe (adj.)
Quarrelsome, inclined to argue … argumentative, disputatious, combative  Contentious (adj.)
To desire something belonging to another … crave, yearn for, hunger for  Covet (v.)
Discouraged, dejected, downcast … despondent, disconsolate  Crestfallen (adj.)
Rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder … untidy, disarranged, tousled, unkempt  Disheveled (adj.)
One who advocates, speaks for, explains or interprets, the power to which a number, symbol or expression is to be raised … defender, champion, interpreter Exponent (n.)
Given to much talking, tediously chatty … talkative, loquacious, long-winded Garrulous (adj.)
Incapable of being overcome … invincible, insurmountable  Insuperable (adj.)
To be regretted or pitied … deplorable, regrettable, distressing Lamentable (adj.)
An unsuitable or misleading name … misnaming, malapropism Misnomer (n.)
To affirm openly, to state belief in, to claim, pretend … assert, declare, proclaim, purport Profess (v.)
A period of relief or rest … interval, intermission, lull, breather  Respite (n.)
A repayment, a deserved punishment … recompense, requital, just deserts Retribution (n.)
Winding, having many curves, lithe & flexible … twisting, convoluted, serpentine, supple  Sinuous (adj.)
Full, deep or rich in sound, impressive in style … resonant, resounding, grandiloquent   Sonorous (adj.)
The foremost part of an army, the leading position in any field … forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers Vanguard (n.)
A wasteful person, spendthrift, a good-for-nothing … loafer, idler, squanderer, profligate Wastrel (n.)

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Vocab. 10 (e)

  • 2. To accept without protest, to agree or submit … comply with, accede, consent, yield Acquiesce (v.)
  • 3. To entice, tempt, to be attractive to/a strong attraction, the power to attract, charm … beguile, tantalize/temptation, enticement Allure (v./n.)
  • 4. Twisted to one side, crooked/disapprovingly … awry, lopsided, cockeyed Askew (adj./adv.)
  • 5. Cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned … carefree, nonchalant, indifferent Blithe (adj.)
  • 6. Quarrelsome, inclined to argue … argumentative, disputatious, combative Contentious (adj.)
  • 7. To desire something belonging to another … crave, yearn for, hunger for Covet (v.)
  • 8. Discouraged, dejected, downcast … despondent, disconsolate Crestfallen (adj.)
  • 9. Rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder … untidy, disarranged, tousled, unkempt Disheveled (adj.)
  • 10. One who advocates, speaks for, explains or interprets, the power to which a number, symbol or expression is to be raised … defender, champion, interpreter Exponent (n.)
  • 11. Given to much talking, tediously chatty … talkative, loquacious, long-winded Garrulous (adj.)
  • 12. Incapable of being overcome … invincible, insurmountable Insuperable (adj.)
  • 13. To be regretted or pitied … deplorable, regrettable, distressing Lamentable (adj.)
  • 14. An unsuitable or misleading name … misnaming, malapropism Misnomer (n.)
  • 15. To affirm openly, to state belief in, to claim, pretend … assert, declare, proclaim, purport Profess (v.)
  • 16. A period of relief or rest … interval, intermission, lull, breather Respite (n.)
  • 17. A repayment, a deserved punishment … recompense, requital, just deserts Retribution (n.)
  • 18. Winding, having many curves, lithe & flexible … twisting, convoluted, serpentine, supple Sinuous (adj.)
  • 19. Full, deep or rich in sound, impressive in style … resonant, resounding, grandiloquent Sonorous (adj.)
  • 20. The foremost part of an army, the leading position in any field … forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers Vanguard (n.)
  • 21. A wasteful person, spendthrift, a good-for-nothing … loafer, idler, squanderer, profligate Wastrel (n.)