Sadlier Level G 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