FH Vocab Unit 3 Definitions PDF

Vocab Unit 3 Definitions adversary (noun) 1. Someone who offers opposition 2. opponent, enemy, competitor, rival adverse (adjective) Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable audible (adjective) Loud enough to be heard averse (adjective) Strongly opposed (usually f...

Vocab Unit 3 Definitions adversary (noun) 1. Someone who offers opposition 2. opponent, enemy, competitor, rival adverse (adjective) Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable audible (adjective) Loud enough to be heard averse (adjective) Strongly opposed (usually followed by ‘to’ — “averse to taking risks”) aversion (noun) 1. A feeling of intense dislike 2. The act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away bilingual (noun, adjective) 1. A person who speaks two languages fluently. 2. Using or knowing two languages ("bilingual education") 3. A way to describe a country that has two official languages circumlocution (noun) 1. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things 2. An indirect way of expressing something 3. The use of an unnecessarily large numbers of word to express an idea 4. Talking about a topic, but never getting to the point circumspect (adjective) Cautious; careful to consider all aspects. conversion (noun) 1. An event that results in a transformation 2. The act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another 3. To change from one belief to another convert (noun, verb) 1. Change the nature, purpose, or function of something ("convert lead into gold") 2. A person who has been changed. (“she is now a convert to a different religious faith”) decapitate (verb) To cut off the head of; to behead divert (verb) Turn aside; turn away from equivocal (adjective) Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead ("an equivocal statement") equivocate (verb) Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information extrovert (noun) A person who is outgoing and draws their energy from others grandiloquent (adjective) Using big or fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others introspection (noun) Contemplation and examination of one's own thoughts and feelings introvert (noun, verb) 1. Someone who keeps all their feelings inside; a shy person 2. Someone who loses energy when around others 3. "to turn inward" kleptomania (noun) A disorder or problem in which a person does not have any control over impulses to steal things linguist (noun) One who specializes in language studies and linguistics loquacious (adjective) Very talkative monocle (noun) A lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles optometrist (noun) An eye care professional who measures vision and prescribes corrective lenses orator (noun) A person who delivers a speech or oration; a public speaker pyromaniac (noun) A person with an uncontrollable obsession for setting things on fire retrospect (noun) The act of looking back at the past ("in retrospect") revert (verb) Go back to a previous state ("we reverted to the old rules") revoke (verb) 1. To cancel by withdrawing or reversing ("he revoked the ban on smoking") 2. To officially state that a law, decision, etc. is no longer effective. soliloquy (noun) A speech by a character who is alone on stage that expresses their thoughts specter (noun) 1. A ghostly appearing figure 2. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect subversive (noun, adjective) 1. One who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system 2. To attempt to undermine or overthrow visionary (noun, adjective) 1. A person with unusual powers of foresight 2. Not practical or realizable; speculative ("visionary schemes for getting rich") 3. A person who is given to ideas that are not currently realistic; a dreamer 4. A person who can see beyond the present; a dreamer vocation (noun) 1. The particular occupation for which one is trained 3. A sense of fitness or special calling for a profession