Understanding Key Concepts: Concealment, Agreement, Disagreement, and Culinary Terms
In this chapter, we explore essential vocabulary related to concealment, agreements, and disagreements, alongside culinary terms. Discover the meanings of words such as "alias," "clandestine," and "enigma," which relate to secrecy and hidden meanings. Additionally, we cover essential terms like "accord," "compromise," and "discord" that characterize various forms of agreement and disagreement. Finally, we delve into appetizing terms like "edible," "luscious," and "palatable," enhancing your culinary vocabulary. Understand these concepts to enrich your communication and expression!
Understanding Key Concepts: Concealment, Agreement, Disagreement, and Culinary Terms
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Vocabulary Chapter 2 Central Ideas 6-10
Concealment • Alias • Clandestine • Enigma • Latent • Lurk • Seclude • Stealthy
Disclosure • Apprise • Avowal • Divulge • Elicit • Enlighten • Manifest • Overt
8. Agreement • Accede • Accord • Compact • Compatible • Compromise • Conform • Consistent • Correspond • Dovetail • Reconcile • Relent
9. Disagreement • Altercation • Antagonize • Cleavage • Discord • Discrepancy • Dissent • Embroil • Estrange • Friction • Irreconcilable • Litigation • At variance • Wrangle
10. Eating • Condiment • Devour • Edible • Glutton • Luscious • Palatable • Slake • Succulent • Voracious
1. Alias (n) (adv) • Assumed name • Otherwise called; otherwise known as
2. Clandestine (adj) • Carried on in secrecy and concealment; secret; covert; underhand; undercover
3. Enigma (n) • Puzzling statement; riddle; mystery; puzzling problem or person
4. Latent (adj) • Present but not showing itself; hidden but capable of being brought to light; dormant; potential
5. Lurk (v) • To be hidden; lie in ambush • Move stealthily; sneak; slink
6. Seclude (v) • Shut up apart from others; confine in a place hard to reach; hide; cloister; sequester
7. Stealthy (adj) • Secret in action or character; catlike; sly; furtive
8. Apprise (v) • Inform; notify; advise
9. Avowal (n) • Open acknowledgement; frank declaration; admission; confession
10. Divulge (v) • Make public; disclose; reveal; tell
11. Elicit (v) • Draw forth; bring out; evoke; extract
12. Enlighten (v) • Shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; free from ignorance; inform; instruct
13. Manifest (v) • Show; reveal; display; evidence • (adj) plain; clear; evident; not obscure; obvious
14. Overt (adj) • Open to view; not covert or hidden; public; manifest
15. Accede (v) • (usually followed by to) agree; assent; consent; acquiesce
16. Accord (n) • Agreement; harmony
17. Compact (n) • Agreement; understanding; accord; covenant
18. Compatible (adj) • Able to exist together harmoniously; in harmony; agreeable; congenial
19. Compromise (n) • Settlement reached by a partial yielding on both sides
20. Conform (v) • Be in agreement or harmony with; act in accordance with accepted standards or customs; comply; obey
21. Consistent (adj) • Keeping to the same principles throughout; showing no contradiction; in accord; compatible; consonant
22. Correspond (v) • Be in harmony; match; fit; agree; be similar
23. Dovetail (v) • To fit together with, so as to form a harmonious whole; interlock with
24. Reconcile (v) • Cause to be friendly again; bring back to harmony
25. Relent (v) • Become less harsh, severe, or strict; soften in temper; yield
26. Altercation (n) • Noisy, angry dispute; quarrel, wrangle
27. Antagonize (v) • Make an enemy of; arouse the hostility of
28. Cleavage (n) • Split; division; chasm
29. Discord (n) • Disagreement; dissension; strife
30. Discrepancy (n) • Difference; disagreement; variation; inconsistency
31. Dissent (v) • Differ in opinion; disagree; object
32. Embroil (v) • Draw into a conflict
33. Estrange (v) • Turn (someone) from affection to dislike or enmity; make unfriendly; separate; alienate
34. Friction (n) • Conflict of ideas between persons or parties of opposing views; disagreement
35. Irreconcilable (adj) • Unable to be brought into friendly accord or understanding; hostile beyond the possibility of reconciliation; not reconcilable; incompatible
36. Litigation (n) • Lawsuit; act or process of carrying on a lawsuite
37. At variance • In disagreement; at odds
38. Wrangle (v) • Quarrel noisily; dispute angrily; brawl; bicker
39. Condiment (n) • Something added to or served with food to enhance its flavor; seasoning
40. Devour (v) • Eat up greedily; feast upon like an animal or a glutton; dispatch
41. Edible (adj) • Fit for human consumption; eatable; comestible; nonpoisonous
42. Glutton (n) • Greedy eater; person in the habit of eating too much • Person with a great capacity for enduring or doing something
43. Luscious (adj) • Delicious; juicy and sweet; delectable
44. Palatable (adj) • Agreeable to the taste; pleasing savory