Unit 6 Vocabulary Amicable to Macabre

To forgive or overlook an offense

I can not condone your racism; I think you need to read up on your history.

Condone (verb)

A slight or subtle degree of difference

There is a nuance between your tone and your actions.

The painting had nuanced hues of blue and brown.

Nuance -noun or adj

Harsh-sounding or having discordance The cacophony coming from the band

room kept us from being able to concentrate.

The cacophony of colors made it hard to understand the picture.

cacophony

A mystery; something seemingly inexplicable

It is an enigma why Charlie Sheen is so appealing to people; even with his recent behavior against women, he seems popular.

She was an enigma to him; he could never tell what she was thinking.

Enigma (noun)

lack of interest or concern; a state of not caring

Many students profess apathy toward reading, but perhaps it is because they haven’t found the right books.

Apathy- (verb)

Excessively eager to deliver unsolicited or unwanted help

My mother-in-law is not the officious type, thank goodness; she never steps in and criticizes the way I am raising her grandchildren.

officious

Being friendly or outgoing I prefer to hang around amicable people

than moody ones, even though moody people sometimes have interesting perspectives on life.

Amicable--adj

To draw or bring out; to evoke She elicited sympathy for herself when

she began crying in class.

Elicit—(verb)

Flaunting; blatant; without shame Fred Phelps is a flagrant racist who leads a

group of misguided people in unlawful, disgusting displays at military funerals.

Flagrant--adj

Eerie; deathly or morbid Stephen King has an obsession with the

macabre as demonstrated in his writings.

Macabre--noun

Amicable to Macabre

Unit 6 10A Vocabulary