VOCAB UNIT 8

AFFLUENCE (AF'LÜ UNS)

• (N) lots of money, riches
• Affluence:opulence as arrears:late
• The hard work of his career payed off,
• rewarding him with affluence.

CASCADE (KAS KĀD')

• (V) to flow down
• Cascade:rush as cringe:flinch
• Before we went down the drop in the
• water ride, I saw the water cascading down the
• drop.

CROTCHETY (KRÄCH' U TĒ)

• (A) bad-tempered, not easily amused
• Crotchety:grumpy as immobile:fixed
• The crotchety old man was hard to amuse,
• and got grumpier by the second.

IMPASSABLE (IM PAS' U BUL)

• (A) unable to get through
• Impassable:closed as innovation:novelty
• After the abnk robbery, the police formed an
• impassable barrier around it so no one could
• get in or out.

JOVIAL (JŌ' VĒ UL)

• (A) happy, cheerful
• Jovial:jolly as manacle:fetter
• The party remained jovial for the whole
• night, everyone there in a festive mood.

MARTIAL (MÄR' SHUL)

• (A) likes fighting, enjoys war
• Martial:hostile as minimum:least
• The government tries to rouse up the
• martial spirit in everyone to get them to
• fight in the war.

NIMBLE (NIM' BUL)

• (A) quick, fast, skilled, careful
• Nimble:lively as onset:outset
• The nimble runner's feet looked as if
• they were almost not touching the ground
• with her speed and agility.

PARTITION (PÄR TISH' UN)

• (V) to separate two things (normally with a wall)
• Partition:divide as perishable:fleeting
• The partition wall did not to a good job keeping
• the noise from the other side out.

RETRIEVE (RI TRĒV')

• (V) to find and bring back
• Retrieve:fetch as sinister:ominous
• The dog retrieved the ball every time
• I threw it, always bringing it back to me.

TAUT (TÔT)

• (A) tight
• Taut:orderly as template:mold
• We pulled the rope tightly until it was
• taut so it would hold up the net.