Vocabulary Unit 1

Week of August 15-26, 2011

	(vt) To be a perfect example of
	(n) A perfect example or representation of a particular quality, quintessence
	(adj) havingor showing lack of thought or intelligence; mindless
	(n) Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field; bravery in battle
	(adj) pleasing to the ear
	(adj) 1. Digressing from subject to subject; rambling 2. (of speech or writing) Fluid and expansive rather than formulaic or abbreviated; 3. Related to discourse: any lengthy exploration of a topic in speech or writing
	(vt) To render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible; bewilder
	(adj) Having or inspiring an excessive intrest in sexual matters
	(vt) To confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)
	(vt) to cancel, repeal, annul, make void
	(n) a harsh satire, usually directed against a person, or institution. (vt) to make (someone) the subject of a lampoon, to ridicule
	(adj) Having a large bulky body; obese, fat
	(vt) to defraud, to cheat (someone) out of something valuable; to evade payment of or to: (bilks his creditors.); to slip away from; to block the development of, to frustrate
	(adj) Sophisticated, polished, refined, and elegant in manner; marked by worldly knowledge a rising from urban life and wide travel, cosmopolitan
	(adj) Difficult to comprehend, recondite
	(adj) using a minimum of words, terse; concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
	(Fr) (n) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action, presented with no option but to accept
	(adj) Transient, fleeting, evanescent, brief; lasting one day; Lasting a very short time:
	(adj) tearful, prone to weeping; mournful, tear- inducing
	(n) A person devoted to sensuous pleasure and luxurious living; a person with refined taste esp. for food and wine
	(n) inhabitant; resident, dweller, one admitted to residence or citzenship; one that frequents a place, a "regular"