1. VOCABULARY UNIT 11
ENGLISH III

2. 1. Prevalent (adj)
Widely existing
Frequent

3. 2. Stagnant (adj)
Not flowing or moving

4. 3. Precarious (adj)
Uncertain; insecure; risky

5. 4. Avarice (n)
Greed

6. 5. Superfluous (adj)
More than is needed or wanted
Useless

7. 6. Usurp (v)
To seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right

8. 7. Endeavor (v)
To attempt; try

9. 8. Mercenary (n)
A professional soldier hired to serve in another country

10. 9. Virtue (n)
Moral excellence; goodness; righteousness

11. 10. Trifle (n)
An article or thing of very little value

12. 11. Inanimate (adj)
lifeless

13. 12. Obscurity (n) darkness; dimness; indistinctness
uncertainty of meaning or expression; ambiguity
Unknown

14. 13. Iniquity (n)
Wickedness

15. 14. Ostentatious (adj)
Deliberately attracting notice

16. 15. Plausibility (n)
Believability