Vocabulary Power Plus Book 1, Lesson 13

to draw into a conflict or fight

• impede 
• envisage 
• embroil 
• lament 

(Review) to ask; to inquire

• entice 
• beget
• gape 
• query 

to form a mental picture

• lacerate 
• mesmerize
• envisage 
• mesmerize 

no longer in existence

• defunct 
• nefarious 
• futile 
• martial 

(Review) to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive

• carp 
• elude 
• embroil 
• fabricate 

(Review) the cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death

• bane 
• aplomb
• gist 
• gambit

deadly; fatal

• demented 
• cadaverous 
• lethal 
• narcissistic 

rude and disrespectful

• lethal 
• defunct 
• impertinent 
• blatant 

emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative

• eerie 
• futile 
• effusive 
• felonious 

something existing outside of its proper time

• aplomb 
• anachronism 
• effrontery 
• lampoon