Lesson 11

1. Lesson 11 Abet to Vexation

2. Abet--verb • To encourage or to assist (usually an offense against justice or the law) • If you do not report that your friend has broken the law, you could be accused of abetting the crime.

3. Agile (adj)agility (noun) • Characterized by ability to move with suppleness and grace • Football players have often done well on “Dancing with the Stars,” due to their agile and coordinated moves.

4. Antidote (noun) • Something that relieves the effects of poison • There was no known antidote for curing the “scorpions” in Macbeth’s mind.

5. Ascertain(verb) • To find out definitely; to determine • The teacher had difficulty ascertaining whether the student had plagiarized.

6. Benevolence (noun)benevolent (adj) • Kindness, generosity, charity • King Duncan had been known for his benevolence; consequently, his murder shocked everyone.

7. Desolate (adj)deolation(noun) • Deserted, without inhabitants, barren • Many of the buildings on Waxpool Road are desolate as a result of over construction in a bad economy.

8. Din (noun) • Loud and discordant noise; cacophony • I could not hear the teacher because of the din in the classroom.

9. Dissuade(verb)dissuasion (n) • To advise against; to talk out of • The leaders of the political party tried to dissuade the candidate from running.

10. Distend(verb)distending; distended • To expand; to swell • Malnourishment can result in the appearance of distended bellies.

11. Enervation (n)enervate; enervating; enervative • Weakness; lack of strength • After experiencing serious bouts of enervation, the dancer consulted her doctor.

12. Eulogy (n)eulogize (v) • Praise or tribute (generally following death) • The eulogy given at the funeral was poignant and deeply moving.

13. Fitful (adj) • Convulsive; spasmodic • His guilty conscience resulted in night after night of fitful sleep.

14. Indelible (adj) • Cannot be removed, washed away, effaced or erased • Permanent marker can leave indelible marks on clothing.

15. Malevolence(n)malevolent (adj) • Ill will or evil intentions • Lady Macbeth’s malevolence paled in comparison to her husband’s consequential acts of violence.

16. Obliterate(v)obliteration (n) To remove all traces of; to do away with; to destroy or cancel • The Japanese tsunamiobliteratedentire villages with its 500 mph wave.

17. Ornate(adj) • Excessively decorated • I prefer natural looking gardens to ornate, ostentatious ones. • natnatu=

18. Paucity(noun) • Scarcity; fewness in number; dearth • We were frustrated by the paucity of good restaurants in the area.

19. Piety (n)pious (adj) • Devotion and deference to God • A pious person is one who shows piety by doing good deeds for others for no other reason than to be devoted to God.

20. Precarious(adj)precariously (adv); precariousness (n) • Dangerous, risky, not a secure situation • Texting while driving is a precarious action that can result in catastrophe.

21. Prosaic (adj) • Commonplace; uninspired; unimaginative; banal • While the prosaic lecture on bullying fell on deaf ears in the auditorium; the video presentation was inspirational.

22. Quiescent (adj) • Inactive; dormant • Just because an ocean is quiescent, doesn’t mean we should take it for granted.

23. Scintillating(adj)scintillation (n); scintillate (v) • Sparkling, shining, or flashing/ animated or brilliantly clever • The reviewer described the play as “scintillating”due to its clever, quick dialogue. • The scientific name for the twinkling of stars is stellar scintillation.

24. Squalid (adj)squalor (n) • Filthy in appearance; sordid • The houses featured in the television show episodes of Hoarders : Buried Alive are squalidfrom years of neglect.

25. Vexation (n)vex (v) • Discomfort or distress • He experienced considerable vexation when his wife died, leaving him penniless and destitute.