click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
vocab unit 15
Term | Definition |
---|---|
abysmal | awful, terrible, shameful, crummy, adjective |
acrimonious | angry or bitter, harsh, nasty, adjective |
begraggled | Dirty and disheveled, untidy, unkempt, adjective |
befuddled | to make someone unable to think clearly, dazed, addled, adjective |
belabor | To elaborate in excessive detail, overlaborate, dwell on, verb |
cacophony | a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds, noise, racket, noun |
chastisement | Punishment, consequence, noun |
effervescent | Lively, excited, vivacious, adjective |
gargantuan | Enormous, giant, prodigious, adjective |
hornswoggle | to swindle or cheat, cheat, swindle, verb |
hullabaloo | an uproar, commotion, fuss, noun |
lanky | ungracefully thin and tall, adjective |
mar | to damage, disorientate, destroy, verb |
ostracize | to exclude from a group, exclude, shun verb |
tizzy | a state of great excitement, agitation, or confusion, panic, frenzy, noun |