Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 9

acclamation

(n.) a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval

collusion

(n.) secret agreement or cooperation

imperturbable

(adj.) not easily excited; emotionally steady

increment

(n.) an enlargement, increase, addition

mandate

(n.) an authoritative command, formal order, authorization; (v.) to issue such an order

paltry

(adj.) trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable; inferior, trashy

pedantry

(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details

unremitting

(adj.) not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless

vacillate

(v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will