English Vocabulary Unit 1

ANIM

MIND,FEELING,LIFE,HEART

A successful harvest meant that the pioneer family would have (a, an) __ supply of food for the winter.

abundant

The treasurer __ the recent bank statement to show that the fraternity could not afford a new television.

adduced

elocution

art of effective public speaking

ART,ERT

art, skill,craft

imperturbable

calm, even-tempered

punctilio

careful observance of forms

circumspect

cautious, careful

mutable

changeable

rector

clergyman

artful

clever, crafty

The guillotine replaced the ax as the primary method for _______.

decapitation

abjure

deny under oath

Strip mining will unsettle the soil and __ the beautiful landscape.

desecrate

The ___ in congress between the republicans and the democrats kept the President's program from moving ahead.

dissension

__ is an important characteristic of a double agent whose job itself is a living deception.

dublicity

facile

easily done

The Senators landslide victory in the ______ was a surprise to everyone.

election

EQU

equal,even

Three boys sat all day and pondered how they could divide four frogs in (a, an) _____ manner.

equitable

aggrandizement

exaggeration

benediction

expression of good wishes

__ speaking is especially difficult for people who are intimidated by an audience.

extemporaneous

nulliparious

female who has borne no offspring

GREG

flock,heard

PED

foot

magnanimous

generous in forgiving

GRAND

great

MAGN

great

CAPIT CIPIT

head

impediment

hindrance

animosity

hostility

The usually playful panda became so tired and __ that the zookeeper feared he was ill.

inert

implicate

involve

sacrilegious

irreverent toward the sacred

SIMIL,SIMUL

like,same

The most __ people are often tongue-tied when asked to give a speech.

loquacious

multitude

many, multiple

Radiation can cause genetic damage resulting in __ in unborn children.

mutation

NUL

nothing

The slain President's _______ were celebrated with grief and solemnity.

obsequies

edict

order, command

obsequious

overly submissive and eager to please; subservient

The exciting events in her life were anything but _______.

pedestrian

__ persons have the insight it takes to figure out difficult puzzles and problems.

perspicacious

purgatory

place for purification

The acting was so excellent and the story so __ that Tammy cried through the entire movie.

poignant

potent

powerful

presentiment

premonition

The __ lion in The Wizard of Oz was scared every time he roared.

pusillanimous

dissimulate

put on a false appearance

eligible

qualified to be chosen

RECT

right, straight

SACR,SECR,ECR

sacred, holy

The court ruled that compulsory __ denied equal education to blacks.

segregation

gregarious

social

recapitulate

summarize

TENU

thin

tenuous

thin, unsubstantial

TEMPOR

time

MUT

to change

LEG LIG LECT LIT

to choose, to gather

PURG

to clear

TURB

to disturb

FAC,FIC,FACT,FECT,FY

to do , to make

SENT,SENS

to feel, to think

PLIC,PLICT,PLEX,PLY

to fold, to tangle

SEQU,SECUT

to follow

POT

to have power

DUC

to lead

seduce

to lead astray

SPEC,SPIC,SPECT

to look

PUNG,PUNCT

to prick,to point

DIC

to say

LOQUI,LOCUT

to speak

JUR

to swear,law

VOL

to wish

devious

tricky; off the beaten path

After being lashed by the summer storm , the lake became too _____ for swimming

turbid

inequity

unfairness

The customer had difficulty reading the confusing contract that was filled with legal __.

verbiage

The __ fire department came from all parts of the city to fight the blaze.

volunteer

AQUA

water

aqueous

watery

UND,OUND

wave

undulated

wavy

VI

way,road

BENE

well, good

volition

wish, will

verbatim

word for word

VERB

word,verb

temporal

worldly