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Vocabulary Workshop
Level A - Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acute | with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
| bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is loud and threatening |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something |
| commentary | a series of notes clarifying or explaining; an expression of opinion |
| duration | the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
| facet | one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| fidelity | the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
| fray | a brawl, a noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate |
| headstrong | willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | one living permanently in a given place |
| numb | having lost the power of feeling or movement |
| pacify | to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| ravenous | greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
| refute | to prove incorrect |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds |
| setback | something that interferes with progress; a disappontment, unexpected loss or defeat |
| smug | overly self-satisfied, self-righteous |
| synopsis | a brief statement giving a general view of some subject |
| tarry | to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |