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Unit 9
ELA
Term | Definition |
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Apt | Suitable, fitting, likely, quick to learn |
Awry | In a turned or twisted position or direction, wrong, out of the right or hoped for course |
Bludgeon | A short club used a s a weapon To strike with a heavy club, to use force or strong arguements to gain some point |
Capitulate | To end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
Chafe | To warm by rubbing, to wear sore by rubbing, to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk, to strain or press against A sore or injury caused by rubbing |
Defile | To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of To march in a single line or in columns |
Dire | Dreadful, causing fear or suffering, warning of troubled come, demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
Disarming | Charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspense |
Disgrunted | In bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
Encroach | To advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespassing |
Endow | To furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other things or qualities |
Fend | To ward off, resist, to get along, manage |
Impunity | Freedom from punishment |
Mien | Air, manner, appearance, expression |
Penal | Having to do with punishment |
Pertinent | Related to the matter at hand, to the point |
Predominant | The greatest in strength or power, most common |
Prodigy | Somthing wonderful or marvelous, something monstrous or abnormal, an unusual feat, a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
Recluse | A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
Renown | Fame, glory |