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Vocab U 9 & 10
8th Grade Language Arts Vocab Lists 9 and 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atrocity | cruel crime or act |
| deliberately | on purpose |
| despair | a loss of hope |
| disposition | one's nature |
| irritable | easily bothered |
| neglected | failed to care for |
| perverseness | stubbornly turning from/rejecting what is good |
| lattice | strips of wood overlapped in a crisscross pattern |
| entreating | pleading |
| lore | learning;knowledge |
| aptly | appropriately |
| dejected | sad; depressed; low in spirits |
| case-hardened | made callous or insensitive |
| feeble | physically weak, as in from age or illness |
| amiable | friendly, good-natured |
| crypt | burial chamber |
| conspicuous | easily seen or noticed |
| chasm | a deep hole or crack, as in the earth's surface |
| bland | dull and uninteresting |
| baroque | extravagantly ornate; complex; bizarre |