Vocab Unit 8

Sanction

To authorize, allow, or approve

Inundate

To cover, as by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

Circumvent

To avoid by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, prevent, or stop through cleverness

Reticent

Quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out

Robust

Healthy and strong; vigorous

Cohesive

Sticking or holding together; unified

Vociferous

Noisy; expressing feelings loudly and intensely

Attrition

A gradual decrease in number; becoming fewer in number

Grievous

Causing grief or pain; very serious or severe

Oblivious

unaware; failing to notice

Sanction

To authorize, allow, or approve

Inundate

To cover, as by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

Circumvent

To avoid by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, prevent, or stop through cleverness

Reticent

Quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out

Robust

Healthy and strong; vigorous

Cohesive

Sticking or holding together; unified

Vociferous

Noisy; expressing feelings loudly and intensely

Attrition

A gradual decrease in number; becoming fewer in number

Grievous

Causing grief or pain; very serious or severe

Oblivious

unaware; failing to notice