Unit 9

Prestige – a high standing or influence; honor

Protrude – to stick out

Propel – to cause to move forward

Restrain – to hold back; to control

Sponsor – to support an activity or project financially

Disqualify – to declare unfit or unqualified

Taunt – to make insults, jeers, or scornful remarks

Jubilant - joyful

Inspiration – a person or thing that stimulates or moves one to action

Exhilaration – a state of high spirits; lively joy

Intruder – one who enters without permission

Intrusive – coming in without being wanted or invited

Expel – to force out

Extrude – to push out

Restrict – to keep within limits; to confine

Impel – forced or drove to action

Constraint – something that restricts or limits

Repel  - to drive back to keep away

Constrict – to make smaller or narrower by pressing together; to squeeze

Pulsate – expands and contracts rhythmically; beats; throbs

Flux – a fluctuation; a change

Refract – causes the path of wave, especially light waves, to bend

Disperse – to move or scatter in different directions

Emerge – to come into view

Absorb – to soak up

Obstruct – to block or prevent passage

Undulate – to move in waves or like a wave

Revolve – to turn, to spin, or to rotate

Veer – changed direction; swerve

Distend – swollen or pushed out because of inside pressure