Unit 2 Word List
- bucolic
- pretentious
- gullible
- convivial
- discreet
- discrete
- fabricate
- gesticulate
- laud
- belabor
- reiterate
- conflagration
- induce
- soporific
- anarchy
- strident
- nonchalant
- malleable
- ludicrous
- abridge
________________
- implacable
- paroxysm
- reprehensible
- jurisdiction
- skirmish
- harass
- monolithic
- arbitrary
- indigent
- fray
- stymie
- effigy
- flout
- cognizant
- turbulent
- terminate
- forthwith
- exacerbate
- revert
- oust
- intractable
- disseminate
- sinecure
- tendentious
- politic
- extemporaneous
- discursive
- diaspora
- requiem
- traduce
- acerbic
- beatitude
- maladroit
- androgynous
- augur
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- emaciated
- surge
- tranquil
- sanctuary
- ascend
- malnutrition
- afflict
- besiege
- privation
- sinister
- ubiquitous
- remote
- thwart
- harbinger
- malignant
- excruciating
- respite
- reverberating
- fretful
- succumb
IDIOMS:
- cause celebre
- one swallow does not make a summer
- a bitter pill to swallow
- an ax to grind
- sour grapes
- to swap horses in midstream
- to cool one’s heels
- a red herring