CCR English Vocabulary Unit 4 Aesthetic The house
CCR English Vocabulary Unit 4
Aesthetic The house was cheap, but it lacked any aesthetic qualities.
Affinity The young man had an affinity for fast cars and easy money.
Auspicious The dark clouds were an auspicious sign that rain would fall on the withered fields.
Beguile Scarlet O’Hara tried to beguile all the eligible men she met.
Chaff “Give me just the facts, ” the professor said. “Separate the wheat from the chaff. ”
Contiguous New Jersey and New York are contiguous states because they share a common boundary.
Fiscal December is the accountant’s busiest month because it is the end of the fiscal year.
Foment At the convention, people were hired to foment disruptions during the senator’s speech.
Germane Make sure that all of your answers are germane to the questions.
Hallow We cannot hallow this field, for the men who died here made it holy.
Hector If you don’t take a stand, that bully will hector you for the rest of the year.
Hiatus If you take a hiatus in your studies, you might forget the things you have learned.
Hospice The new hospice for cancer patients opened in July.
Impalpable He was aware of some impalpable fear as he entered the room.
Inimitable The actress was famous for her inimitable techniques.
Jocular Dad’s jocular manner faded when he started preparing the taxes.
Malleable The sculptor wanted to keep the clay malleable until he was sure of the final design.
Pandemic The Center for Disease Control announced that the disease has become pandemic.
Perdition The sermon was about the sins which lead to perdition.
Rebuke The professor rebuked his students for not studying for the
Recant The suspect recanted his confession, so the police had to
Refractory The refractory group of boys refused to stop joking with each other during class.
Regale John regaled the crowd for hours with his stories of Scotland.
Specious The specious advertisement depicts the run-down resort as a heavenly place.
Tenacious No one could break the child’s tenacious grip on the doll.
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