Unit 22 Vocabulary
1) Quirk (kwurk)- a peculiarity of behavior; an unaccountable act or event
2) Mores (MAWR ayz)- customary cultural standards; moral attitudes, manners, habits
3) Compromise (kum PRYZE)- to consist of; to include, to contain, to be made up of
4) Cache (kash)- a hiding place, or the objects hidden in a hiding place
5) Bucolic (byoo KAHL ik)- rural or rustic in nature, country-like
6) Affidavit (af uh DAY vit)- a sworn written statement
7) Abstruse (ab STROOS)- hard to understand
8) Oblique (oh BLEEK)- at an angle; indirect or evasive
9) Dilemma (DEE lim ma)- a difficult situation where one must choose between two or more choices that seem unfavorable; any problem or predicament
10) Vertigo (vur tuh GO)- the sensation of dizziness
11) Intervene (in tur VEEN)- to come between; to mediate, to occur between times
12) Stupefy (STOO puh fie)- to make numb with amazement; to stun into helplessness
13) Bleak (bleak)- depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw
14) Ajar (uh JARR)- partially open
15) Demur (dih MUR)- to object, to make exception
1) Quirk (kwurk)- a peculiarity of behavior; an unaccountable act or event
2) Mores (MAWR ayz)- customary cultural standards; moral attitudes, manners, habits
3) Compromise (kum PRYZE)- to consist of; to include, to contain, to be made up of
4) Cache (kash)- a hiding place, or the objects hidden in a hiding place
5) Bucolic (byoo KAHL ik)- rural or rustic in nature, country-like
6) Affidavit (af uh DAY vit)- a sworn written statement
7) Abstruse (ab STROOS)- hard to understand
8) Oblique (oh BLEEK)- at an angle; indirect or evasive
9) Dilemma (DEE lim ma)- a difficult situation where one must choose between two or more choices that seem unfavorable; any problem or predicament
10) Vertigo (vur tuh GO)- the sensation of dizziness
11) Intervene (in tur VEEN)- to come between; to mediate, to occur between times
12) Stupefy (STOO puh fie)- to make numb with amazement; to stun into helplessness
13) Bleak (bleak)- depressing, discouraging, harsh, cold, barren, raw
14) Ajar (uh JARR)- partially open
15) Demur (dih MUR)- to object, to make exception