Vocabulary
Unit 11
vers: to turn
miss: to send
loc/ loque: to speak
Aversion
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intense dislike; animosity, hatred.
Draco Malfoy has an
aversion to Harry Potter
and all of Harry’s
muggle friends.
Avert
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turn away, avoid, prevent
Katie averted her eyes
from the sight of the dead
squirrel in the middle of the
road. She knew she had probably
hit it because she heard the
squish under her tires.
Diversion
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distraction; something
that draws attention
away from the main
event
The fireworks were the diversion that the
criminal needed to slip into the waiting car
and make his get-away.
Extrovert
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an outgoing individual
Being an extrovert helped him to
make friends easily. Since I am more of
an introvert, I enjoyed tagging along and
meeting the people he met.
Introvert
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an individual who is generally shy and
interested in solitude
My son is an
introvert. He finds
it easier to make friends
on video games than in
person.
Inadvertent
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Unplanned,
unintentional
While it’s true her pregnancy
was inadvertent, the result
was an adorable baby boy,
and she decided that from
that day forward she would
plan to make his future
bright.
Incontrovertible

unquestionable,
impossible to
dispute
Sherlock Holmes usually found
the key to the mystery, the
incontrovertible evidence that
solved the “whodunit.”
Vers: review
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aversion
avert
diversion
extrovert
introvert
inadvertent
incontrovertible
After the chemist ____________ mixed
the red liquid with the green powder, he
had a paste that, when combined with the
brown chemical, created a powerful
explosive.
Ordering a pizza would be a pleasant
_______________ from studying for
this biology exam.
Even though she did not make friends
easily, the _______________ woman
valued friendship and worked to keep
her friendships alive and healthy.
miss =
to send
Emissary

representative,
ambassador,
delegate
The sultan sent his emissary to
persuade the king that marriage
with Princess Abadiah would be
beneficial for both kingdoms.
Remiss

careless, negligent; lazy
We were surprised to
find that it was not the
students that didn’t do
their homework. The
teacher was remiss in
recording the grades!
Remission

period of temporary delay or relief, respite,
alleviation
We had thought that her cancer
was in remission, but then the
marker began to rise again, and
we had to decide between another
round of chemotherapy or an
operation.
Remit

To transfer money
To rent the apartment, the owner
made it clear to the two college-aged
boys that he expected them to remit
payment no later than the first
Saturday of each month.
Miss: review
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emissary
remiss
remission
remit
No sooner had he ____________ payment on his first
car, but then he had a car accident and the new vehicle
was totaled!
I was ______________ in telling you that I
would not be able to babysit on Saturday night. I
am sorry. I hope you will be able to find another
sitter before the dance.
Even though the heads of state had _____________
negotiate the peace treaty in advance, they arrived at
the summit unwilling to commit to reducing their
arsenals.
loc/loque: to
speak
Circumlocution

A roundabout expression; the use of
unnecessarily wordy and indirect language
The politician’s speech was
so full of circumlocution that
even he didn’t seem to know
what he was talking about.
Colloquial

informal, casual, common dialectal, familiar,
informal language
When the teenager had a talk with his
grandfather about fishing, both were
using colloquial language familiar to
themselves, so neither knew what the
other was trying to say. The boy kept
using the word “’rents” when talking
about his parents. The grandfather
had a strange way of saying “far-out,”
which didn’t make sense to the boy
either.
Eloquent

fluent, articulate,
using persuasive or
powerful language
His proposal was so eloquent that for
the moment, she didn’t remember that
she didn’t really like him, so she said,
“Yes.” She regretted that one word to
the end of her life.
Loquacious

very talkative;
chatty
If it hadn’t been for her
loquaciousness, he might have
liked the blind date. As it stood,
he wrote down her phone
number but threw it away as
soon as he left the restaurant.
Loc/ loque: review
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circumlocution
colloquial
eloquent
loquacious
After a little _____________, he got to his
point that he wanted to borrow the car and
needed money for a date.
The nominating committee decided
against supporting the candidate
because, although his speeches were
________________, his message was
usually about raising taxes—a sore
subject with the unemployed in the area.
I don’t think men really prefer women
from the South: they just fall for the
_________________ way the girls
pronounce their words, like “y’all.”