Vocabulary Unit 12

Aesthetic (Adj)

Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty.

Defunct (Adj)

No longer in existence or functioning, dead.

Discomfit (V)

To frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass.

Espouse (V)

To take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry.

Fetish (N)

An object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence.

Gregarious (Adj)

Living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others.

Hapless (Adj)

Marked by a persistent absence of good luck.

Impeccable (Adj)

Faultless, beyond criticism or blame.

Importune (V)

To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently.

Interpolate (V)

To insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction.

Irreparable (Adj)

Incapable of being repaired or rectified.

Laconic (Adj)

Concise, using few words.

Languish (V)

To become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect.

Mendacious (Adj)

Given to lying or deception; untrue.

Nadir (N)

The lowest point.

Omnipresent (Adj)

Present in all places at all times.

Perfunctory (Adj)

Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm.

Plaintive (Adj)

Expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy.

Requite (V)

To make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate.

Tantamount (Adj)

Equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect.