Vocabulary Unit 8 Try Unit 8. Tools A B allure to entice with something desirable; to tempt callous unfeeling; insensitive commodious spacious, roomy, capacious dearth scarcity; lack dispel to drive away; to dissipate edifice a building, especially one of imposing appearance or size insouciant calm and carefree; lighthearted generalize to form a general conclusion gloat to brag greatly legacy something handed down from one who has gone before or from the past ; a bequest muse to ponder; to meditate; to think about at length paradox a statement that seems true but at the same time seems to have an opposite truth penitent feeling sorrow and remorse for past misdeeds phobia a persistent, illogical fear pique irritation, resentment stemming from wounded pride; to arouse curiosity prowess exceptional skill and bravery ramification a development growing out of and often complicating a problem or pain; a branching out revere to regard with great devotion or respect; to honor somber depressing, gloomy, dark sundry various, several, miscellaneous