Vocabulary Workshop - Level F - Unit 13

abet

• to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

• (v) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n) a supporting structure

• frightful, horrible, ghastly

• showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

inauspicious

• unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

• suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time

• noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)

• noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

buttress

• (v) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n) a supporting structure

• to affirm, declare confidently

• abundantly productive; abundant, profuse

• a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit

incontrovertible

• to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

• unquestionable, beyond dispute

• to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to

• unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

nonplussed

• puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

• To weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder

• A decorative pin worn by women

• deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

blatant

• an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgements, especially in one of the fine arts

• to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose

• noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

• characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

prolific

• showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

• unquestionable, beyond dispute

• abundantly productive; abundant, profuse

• puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

aver

• characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

• to affirm, declare confidently

• frightful, horrible, ghastly

• abundantly productive; abundant, profuse

grisly

• to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder.

• to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to

• frightful, horrible, ghastly

• to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose

broach

• unquestionable, beyond dispute

• noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

• puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

• a decorative pin worn by women