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Vocab Unit 6

1.

accountable

Adj. Being answerable to a given superior

Adj. Responsible for some action, job or task

2.

anecdote

N. An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

N. A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience

3.

brazen

Adj. Bold, audacious, and without shame

Adj. Not disguised, plainly visible

4.

circumspect

Adj. Not clearly visible or attracting attention

Adj. Having or showing shrewdness and good judgment

5.

confidant

N. A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others

N. A person who provides guidance or mentorship to others

6.

debase

V. To harm or ruin the reputation or dignity of

V. To decrease the value, character, or quality of

7.

deride

V. To harshly mock or ridicule

8.

egregious

Adj. Conspicuously or obviously bad or wrong

Adj. Overly excessive in amount or degree

9.

engimatic

Adj. Difficult to interpret or understand

Adj. Having a strange, curious or mysterious nature

10.

extraneous

Adj. Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

Adj. Not essential or necessary for a given task or purpose

11.

gimmick

N. A trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade

N. A strategy to promote a product or boost sales

12.

hypocrisy

N. The claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities, opinions, or virtues that one does not actually possess

13.

inception

N. The creation or beginning of something

14.

infirmity

N. A state of being weak or lacking physical strength

15.

insatiable

Adj. Incapable of being satisfied or appeased

16.

nominal

Adj. Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention

17.

phishing

N. Deceptive online practice involving spoofing to obtain valuable information

18.

procrastinate

V. To delay taking action

V. To postpone or assign to a later time or date

19.

resuscitate

V. To give new life to, or to restore to a healthy condition

V. To restore (someone) to a state of consciousness

20.

susceptible

Adj. Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing