Vocabulary

Unit 1

adamant

bauble

complacent

depravity

forestall

hallmark

jingoism

mandate

nefarious

palliate

quip

sacrosanct

Unit 2

affectation

beguile

concomitant

derelict

epithet

orthodoxy

pusillanimous

respite

tenuous

urbane

wheedle

Unit 3

affinity

culpable

elicit

jingoism

nonchalance

obdurate

patina

pugnacity

riposte

tenacity

uncanny

vista

Unit 4

allay

cosmopolitan

gratuitous

interpolate

inure

juggernaut

nicety

penury

propensity

scapegoat

unbridled

venial

Unit 5

amenable

furtive

galling

gloat

intemperate

ken

nefarious

pernicious

profusion

spurious

tyro

verbose

Unit 6

amoral

expediency

happenstance

innocuous

latent

mawkish

perpetuate

prescience

rankle

squander

turpitude

vexation

Unit 7

assuage

contend

ignominious

ingratiate

legacy

maven

pittance

precipitate

reconciliation

supersede

truculence

vista

Unit 8

beset

consign

distill

espouse

imperturbable

ludicrous

pompous

resiliency

surreptitious

travail

wanton

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