Vocab Unit 10

n. an exchange in trade v. to exchange goods

syn: trade, swap

ant: sell, buy

• rue

• entail

• barter

• curt

n. a kind of weasel, v. to search or hunt out, to torment

syn: track down, sniff out

• accord

• ferret

• devise

• engross

v. to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

syn: contrive, work out

• engross

• rue

• devise

• ferret

v. to make fun of, to show contempt for

syn: ridicule

ant: take seriously, admire

• curt

• engross

• scoff

• entail

adj. short, rudely brief

syn: rude, terse

ant: civil, lengthy

• accord

• curt

• entail

• rue

n. agreement, harmony, v. to agree, be in harmony or birng into harmony, to grant bestow on

syn: mutual understanding

ant: conflict, friction

• scoff

• entail

• accord

• barter

v. to occupy the complete attention of, absorb fully

syn: immerse, preoccupy

ant: bore, stultify

• impending

• engross

• habituate

• personable

v. to regret, be sorry for, n. a feeling of regret

syn: repent

ant: cherish

• scoff

• ferret

• rue

• barter

v. to put a burden on, impose, involve, to restrict ownership of property by limiting inheritance, n. such a restriction

syn: necessiate

ant: exclude, preclude

• devise

• entail

• barter

• rue

adj. skillful in the use of hands or body, clever

syn: agile, handy, deft

ant: clumsy, awkward

• curt

• habituate

• dexterous

• ferret