Unit 4 Vocabulary

inheritance; heritage

• legacy
• magnitued
• mortify
• nimble

the great size of something; importance

• magnitued
• mortify
• nimble
• perceive

to cause someone to feel embarrassed or ashamed

• mortify
• nimble
• perceive
• perturb

quick and light in movement; agile

• nimble
• perceive
• perturb
• recede

become aware; the way one views something; come to realize

• perceive
• perturb
• recede
• retort

to annoy someone

• perturb
• recede
• retort
• substantial

to go or move back

• recede
• retort
• substantial
• toxic

short, snappy answer

• retort
• substantial
• toxic
• upmost

extraordinary, important; plenty of

• substantial
• toxic
• upmost
• vocation

poisonous; deadly

• toxic
• upmost
• vocation
• legacy