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Vocabulary
Language Arts
Term | Definition |
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Malevolent | Wishing harm or evil to others. |
Mal | Bad |
Benevolent | Doing or wanting to do good. |
Bene | Good |
Bellicose | Eager to fight or quarrel. |
Bell | War/fight |
Adversity | Misfortune or trouble. |
Vers | Turn |
Malicious | Having or showing malice. |
Malice | Feeling of wanting to harm someone. |
Audible | Able to be heard |
Aud | to hear |
Vocation | to call to a particular profession |
Voc/Vok | To speak or to call |
Vociferous | Loud and noisy in making ones feelings known |
Apprehensive | Feeling anxious or fearful |
Trudge | To walk heavily; plod |
Initial | First |
Ethnicity | A racial, national, or cultural heritage |
Elective | An optional acedemic course or subject |
Scowl | To look angry by drawing the eyebrows together and frowning. |
Ironically | In a way that is contrary to what is expected or intended. |
Adamant | Unwilling to bend or change. |
Bluff | To mislead or decieve; to fake. |
Inevitably | Impossible to avoid or prevent. |
Nefarious | Very mean and wicked. |
Sheeepishly | With a bashful or embarresed look. |
Conviction | A strong belief; assurdness |
Cantankerous | Bad tempered and quarrelsome. |
Belligerent | Ready to fight |
Linger | To continue to stay; delay leaving. |
Convoluted | Difficult to understand;complicated |
Portly | Stout or over weight. |
Merge | To blend together. |
Debacle | Failure or breakdown. |
Chaotic | Confused;disorganized |
Quiver | To shake with a slight rapid movement. |
Exotic | Unusual or different. |
Ferocity | Extreme fiercness; intensity |
Specify | To make known or identify. |
Usher | To make known the presence or arrival of; to introduce. |