Unit 3 Vocab
Ancillary (adj)
• Subordinate or supplementary
Condescend (v)
• To treat someone in a patronizing manner
Cozen (v)
• To trick, cheat or swindle
Forte (n)
• A person’s strong point; what a person does best
Gratis (adj)
• Free; without charge
Icon (v)
• A representation or image of a sacred personage; an image or picture;
a symbol
Interstice (n)
• A small, narrow space between things or parts of things
Macrocosm (n)
• The universe considered as a whole
Persiflage (n)
• Lighthearted joking, talking, or writing
Plethora (n)
• Overfullness; superabundance
Pragmatic (adj)
• Concerned with practical considerations or values
Quizzical (adj)
• Puzzled, mocking; odd
Rapacity (n)
• Inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one’s desires by force
Schism (n)
• A formal split within a religious organization
Therapeutic (adj)
• Having the power to heal or cure; beneficial
Unit 2 Vocab
• 1 apprise (v)-to inform of
• 2 Verisimlitude (n) – appearing to be true, real, probable
• 3 claque (n) – enthusiastic admirers
• 4 deracinate (v) – to uproot, dislocate, eliminate
• 5 Vassal (n) – a person under the protection of a feudal lord
• 6 Indigenous (adj)- originating in, native to
• 7 Lachrymose (adj) – given to tears, mournful
• 8 Lexicon (n) – a dictionary of the language of a specific group or
subject
• 9 Melee (n) – a confused struggle
• 10 Microcosm (n) – miniature world or universe
• 11 Miniscule (adj) – very small, tiny
• 12 Obfuscate (v) – to confuse or bewilder
• 13 Paternalism (n) – policy of treating people like a father
• 14 Purview (n) – range, extent of something
• 15 Sanguine (adj) – naturally cheerful, optimistic
