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English Words
RW Midterm Vocabulary
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| amid | In the middle of |
| array | An orderly arrangement; An impressive display; |
| avid | (often followed by 'for') a rdently or excessively desirous; Marked by active interest and enthusiasm; zealous |
| bait | Lure, entice, or entrap with bait; tease; taunt |
| boxcar | A freight car with roof and sliding doors in the sides; part of a train |
| cherish | Be fond of; be attached to; care for; hold dear; treasure |
| coast | Move effortlessly; by force of gravity; glide |
| contemplative | Deeply or seriously thoughtful; meditative; pensive |
| convulsive | Affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; spastic |
| crony | A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities; chum; buddy; compadre; friend; pal; sidekick |
| dare | to challenge someone to do something; |
| embrace | Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; adopt; espouse; |
| enigma | Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; conundrum; riddle; mystery; |
| escalate | Increase in extent or intensity; intensify; step up |
| evaporate | Become less intense and fade away gradually; vaporize; melt; disappear; vanish |
| fatally | With fatal consequences or implications; lethally |
| fury | A feeling of intense anger; State of violent mental agitation; The property of being wild or turbulent; ferocity; frenzy; wildness |
| fuss over | worry unnecessarily about; Care for like a mother; overprotect |
| fuzzy | Covered with fine light hairs |
| gaze | A long fixed look; stare |
| gravel | Rock fragments and pebbles; crushed rock |
| guerilla | A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment; insurgent |
| hazardous | Involving risk or danger; risky; wild |
| idyllic | Excellent and delightful in all respects; charmingly simple and serene; perfect; pleasant |
| implicit | Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something |
| instinctively | Coming from an inborn pattern of behavior; naturally; automatically; without thinking |
| Mother Nature | nature personified as a woman considered as the source and guiding force of creation; often spoken of as controlling the weather, etc. |
| narration | The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; a story; tale |
| resonate | Be received or understood; vibrate; come across |
| shard | A broken piece of a brittle artifact; fragment |
| silhouette | An outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow); A drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color |
| stall | A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed; Small area set off by walls for special use; booth; carrell |
| strut | To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; prance; swagger |
| take for granted | Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; assume |
| teacher's pet | The teacher's favorite student |
| tempt | Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; entice; lure |
| threaten | To utter intentions of injury or punishment against |
| vet | A doctor for animals; one who has served in the armed forces (military) |
| vivid | Evoking lifelike images within the mind; Having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; |
| whiff | A short light gust of air; puff |
| abundant | Present in great quantity; ample; plentiful |
| adolescence | The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood |
| adorn | Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; decorate; embellish |
| animated | Having life or vigor or spirit; Made to appear to move as living creatures do; alive; invigorated |
| cloaked | Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; draped; robed; wrapped |
| drenched | Abundantly covered or supplied with; covered with liquid; doused; soaked |
| fragrant | Pleasant-smelling; aromatic; sweet-smelling |
| mourn | Feel sadness or grief; observe the custums of grieving after death; miss |
| nostalgia | Longing for something past |
| poignant | Keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; touching |
| endeavors | A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); efforts |
| electrified | charged; wired |
| dare | A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy |
Created by:
Sera
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