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Unit 1 Vocabulary

Unit 1 Vocabulary. compress. (v) To press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury. The woman has placed a cold compress on her forehead in hopes of diminishing her headache. dispatch.

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Unit 1 Vocabulary

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  1. Unit 1 Vocabulary

  2. compress (v) To press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

  3. The woman has placed a cold compress on her forehead in hopes of diminishing her headache.

  4. dispatch (v) To send off our out for a purpose; kill; (n) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing

  5. The police use radios to dispatch important messages to one another.

  6. douse (v) To plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish

  7. Luckily, the firefighters were able to successfully douse the flames.

  8. famished (adj) suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something

  9. The child had not had a meal in quite some time, and was famished.

  10. gainful (adj) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

  11. The child’s first business experience was quite gainful.

  12. immense (adj) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement

  13. The man was so immense that he had to bend over to fit in the room.

  14. inept (adj) totally without skill or appropriateness

  15. If you are an inept singer, you will not be successful on American Idol.

  16. instantaneous (adj) done in an instant, immediate

  17. This meal could be cooked almost instantaneously in the microwave.

  18. irk (v) To annoy, trouble, make weary

  19. If you irk someone, they will not respond positively!

  20. oaf (n) A stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

  21. Baby Huey from the Looney Tunes cartoons is an incredibly bumbling oaf!

  22. recede (v) To go or move backward; to become more distant

  23. The man’s hairline was beginning to recede.

  24. Unit 2 Vocabulary

  25. billow (n) A large wave; (v) to rise and swell like a wave

  26. We watched the waves billow high above the shoreline.

  27. confront (v) To meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with

  28. The Sneetches confronted each other on the beach.

  29. depict (v) To portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture

  30. The chart depicts Egyptian heiroglyphics.

  31. disinterested (adj) fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent

  32. The Koala bear is disinterested in the lady.

  33. hypocrite (n) A person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is; a two-faced person

  34. How is this person being a hypocrite?

  35. incomprehensible (adj) impossible to understand

  36. Asian characters are incomprehensible to me.

  37. maximum (n) The greatest possible amount or degree; (adj) reaching the greatest possible amount or degree

  38. If you are very sick, then you would probably prefer the maximum strength Pepto Bismol.

  39. mimic (n) A person who does imitations; (v) to imitate; to make fun of

  40. A mime might mimic your actions.

  41. ruffle (v) To wrinkle, make uneven; annoy, upset; to flip through; (n) a gathered strip of material used for trimming edges; a ripple; a low drum beat

  42. The dress had beautiful ruffles across the bottom part.

  43. stamina (n) The strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power

  44. It takes a lot of stamina to run on a treadmill for a long time.

  45. Unit 3 Vocabulary

  46. bigot (n) An intolerant, prejudiced, or biased person

  47. Adolf Hitler is infamous for being a bigot.

  48. diversity (n) A difference, variety; a condition having many different types or forms

  49. The diversity in this picture is in the form of colors.

  50. gloat (v) To look at or think about with great intensity and satisfaction; to take great personal joy in

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