Unit 1 Vocabulary PDF

UN IT 1 Vocab ula ry affix (n.) a prefix or suffix; (v.) to attach a part to the beginning or end of a word; to attach something apprehensive  (adj.) anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy [also - apprehension] beguile (v.) to charm; to delight; to deceive skillfully [also...

UN IT 1 Vocab ula ry affix (n.) a prefix or suffix; (v.) to attach a part to the beginning or end of a word; to attach something apprehensive  (adj.) anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy [also - apprehension] beguile (v.) to charm; to delight; to deceive skillfully [also - beguiling] benevolent  (adj.) wishing to do good; kindly; characterized by helpful intentions; concerned with, or for the benefit of charity [also - benevolence] categorical  (adj.) without exception or qualification; absolute; done according to types; arranged by categories [also - categorically] coinage (n.) the invention of new words; an invented word or phrase; the making of metal coins; metal currency colloquial (adj.) typical of informal language usage; conversational [also - colloquialism] conclusive (adj.) decisive; putting an end to doubt, question, or uncertainty decorum (n.) appropriateness of behavior; propriety [also - decorous] indeterminate  (adj.) not capable of being determined or established; not precisely known; lacking clarity of precision; vague metonymy  (n.) a figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word [also - metonymic] mores (n.) accepted standards and customs of a social group oxymoron  (n.) an expression that contains contradictory terms [also - oxymoronic] precarious  (adj.) dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability; based on uncertain or questionable premises provincial (adj.) relating to areas that are far from large cities or capitals; not sophisticated, fashionable, or informed [also - province; provincialism] qualm (n.) a sense of doubt or uneasiness about a course of action spoonerism (n.) an often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words tentative (adj.) uncertain; not fully worked out or agreed upon; provisional unequivocal (adj.) perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding vacillate  (v.) to swing indecisively from one opinion or action to another; to sway or hesitate in choice of actions or opinions [also - vacillation]