1. LEVEL F VOCABULARY Mr. Swindells ENGLISH 10.6

2. (v) To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) The driver of the getaway car was found guilty of aiding and abetting the bank-robber.

3. (v) to affirm, declare confidentially VER in the word comes from the word veracity which means truthfulness, so it also means to state a truth or fact. Think “verify” or “Veritas.”

4. (adj) noisy in an offensive way; obvious or conspicuous

5. (v) To bring up or begin to talk about a subject It was time to BROACH the subject of the ROACHes in the kitchen…

6. (v) To support, prop, strengthen (n) A supporting structure The flying buttresses pictured here help support (or buttress) the walls of the building.

7. (n) Noisy revelry or merrymaking Can you imagine a carousal on a carousel?

8. (v) To compare critically; to arrange for some purpose Ever use a copy machine in your life…? Yeah, you know collate.

9. (n) An expert; One who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts A true connoisseur of dinosaur paintings would be qualified to assess the value of the painting.

10. (adj.) Deeply unhappy or dejected; Without hope, beyond consolation. A good friend would try to console a disconsolate, or unhappy peer.

11. (v) To weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); To fill up, block up, hinder Someone who is as cool as a cucumber would not be encumbered, or weighed down, by life’s difficulties!

13. (v) To promote trouble or rebellion; To apply warm liquids to, warm

14. (adj.) Frightful, horrible, ghastly Grizzly Man- a documentary about a man who travels to Kodiak Island and is viciously mauled by a grizzly bear.

15. (adj.) (capital H) Relating to Hercules; (lowercase H) Characterized by great strength; Very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength Herculean myths--------herculean strength

17. Differs from passive. Passive means for one to allow things to happen without resistance. Impassive simply means unmoving or a lack of feeling or emotion. (adj.) Showing no feeling or emotion; Inanimate; Motionless

18. (adj.) Unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future NOT ALL SPECIAL… A BAD OMEN….

19. (adj.) Unquestionable, beyond dispute There is no controversy … the convertible is unquestionably the sleekest car type on the market today.

20. (adj., part.) Puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss Plus or minus- I’m confused. The difficulty of the puzzle left me nonplussed and uncertain about what to do next.

21. (adj.) Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; Occurring at an appropriate time

22. An opportune time for an opera tune… An inopportune time for an opera tune…

23. (adj.) Abundantly productive; Abundant, profuse HINT: LIFE

24. (n) A reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit Think of rejoining the same conversation again with a reply.

25. WELL, ALLOW ME TO RETORT. WHAT A WITTY REJOINDER.