#7
Vocabulary words
review
Clandestine
Unit 1
• kept secret or done secretively, esp. because
illicit.
The united states clandestine secret from the
people who live by the laws that they created.
Covert
• not openly acknowledged or displayed.
He didn’t want to show or convert what he
had placed.
Furtive
• attempting to avoid notice or attention,
typically because of guilt or a belief that
discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
The young girl was furtive and avoided
attention when she saw everyone stare at her.
Inconspicuous
• not clearly visible or attracting attention; not
conspicuous.
The bear was inconspicuous to the naked
eye.
Sly
• having or showing a cunning and deceitful
nature.
The sly fox tries to open the safe, when no
one knew.
Stealthy
• behaving, done, or made in a cautious and
surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or
heard.
The two little kids were cautious and stealthy
when looking in the house next door.
Surreptitious
• kept secret, esp. because it would not be
approved of.
The young lovers were surreptitious because
their love is not approved.
Unobtrusive
• not conspicuous or attracting attention.
Showing unobtrusive or no attention to the
public is a sign of no interest.
Adversary
Unit 2
• one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or
dispute.
The two conflicts and adversary about the
war and slavery.
Advocate
• a person who publicly supports or
recommends a particular cause or policy.
Chicken’s advocate and recommends to not
eat them!!
Artisan
• a worker in a skilled trade, esp. one that
involves making things by hand.
Someone who is skilled and artisan is very
good at making things with there hands.
Ascetic
• characterized by or suggesting the practice of
severe self-discipline and abstention from all
forms of indulgence, typically for religious
reasons.
Muslims are ascetic and they practice severe
self-discipline.
Charlatan
• a person falsely claiming to have a special
knowledge or skill; a fraud.
He claims he knows and is a charlatan to
everyone who believes him.
Hedonist
• the pursuit of pleasure; sensual selfindulgence.
Chocolate is a self-indulgence and a hedonist
to some people who love it.
Orator
• a public speaker, esp. one who is eloquent or
skilled.
Martin L. king was the best orator and very
skilled with his words.
Pariah
An outcast, or a member of a castle in southern
India.
Someone who is pushed out of society is a
pariah or in other words an
outcast.
Raconteur
• A person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and
amusing way.
Skeptic
• A person inclined to question or doubt all
accepted opinions.
Virtuoso
• A person who is highly skilled in music or
another artistic pursuit.
Extraneous
Unit 3
• Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being
dealt with.
Frivolous
• not having any serious purpose or value.
incidental
• accompanying but not a major part of
something
Inconsequential
• not important or significant.
Irrelevant
• not connected with or relevant to something.
Negligible
• so small or unimportant as to be not worth
considering; insignificant.
Peripheral
• relating to, or situated on the edge or
periphery of something.
Petty
• of little importance; trivial.
Superficial
• existing or occurring at or on the surface.
Trifling
• unimportant or trivial.
Trivial
• of little value or importance.
Acute
Unit 4
• of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or
phenomenon, present or experienced to a
severe or intense degree.
Astute
• having or showing an ability to accurately
assess situations or people and turn this to
one’s advantage.
Discerning
• having or showing good judgment.
Erudite
• having or showing great knowledge or
learning.
Incisive
• a person or mental process; intelligently
analytical and clear-thinking.
Ingenious
• a person clever, original, and inventive.
Judicious
• having, showing, or done with good judgment
or sense.
Perspicacious
• having a ready insight into and understanding
of things.
Prudent
• acting with or showing care and thought for
the future.
Sagacious
• having or showing keen mental discernment
and good judgment; shrewd.
Savvy
• shrewdness and practical knowledge, esp. in
politics or business.
Acrid
Unit 5
• Causing a bitter feeling or emotion.
Arid
• having little or no rain; too dry or barren to
support vegetation.
Aesthetic
• concerned with beauty or the appreciation of
beauty.
Ascetic
• characterized by or suggesting the practice of
severe self-discipline and abstention from all
forms of indulgence, typically for religious
reasons.
Atheistic
• the theory or belief that God does not exist.
Ambiguous
• open to more than one interpretation; having
a double meaning.
Ambivalent
• having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas
about something or someone.
Coalesce
• come together and form one mass or whole.
Convalesce
• recover one's health and strength over a
period of time after an illness or operation.
Delusion
• an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is
firmly maintained despite being contradicted
by what is generally accepted as reality or
rational argument, typically a symptom of
mental disorder.
Allusion
• an expression designed to call something to
mind without mentioning it explicitly; an
indirect or passing reference.
Illusion
• a false idea or belief.
Imprudent
Unit 6
• not showing care for the consequences of an
action; rash.
Impudent
• not showing due respect for another person;
impertinent.
Indigenous
• originating or occurring naturally in a
particular place; native.
indigent
• poor; needy.
Indignant
• feeling or showing anger or annoyance at
what is perceived as unfair treatment.
Intimate
• closely acquainted; familiar, close.
Intimidate
• frighten or overawe (someone), esp. in order
to make them do what one wants.
Obscure
• not discovered or known about; uncertain.
Obtuse
• annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
Ponderable
• having appreciable weight or significance.
Ponderous
• slow and clumsy because of great weight.