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Mr. Seely Vocab #2

TermDefinition
Reassuring comforting: inspiring confidence
Apprehensive fearful of the furture
Sleek smooth and lustrous
Aptitude ability;talent
Reflective contemplative;thoughtful
Jeering mocking;taunting
Ironic Opposite of what is expected
Chastise to punish
Intrigued very fascinated
Defiant showing resistance
Abscond Depart Secretly
Agile Well coordinated
Amalgam Mixture of combination
Balm Soothing;healing
Bengin kindly;harmless
Brusque rough or aburpt
Cajole Flatter or coax
Cavalier carefree;happy
Chide scold or disapprove
Dearth lack;scarcity
Pacifist one who is against war
Queue to form a line
Resrict to limit
Sage wise
Slake to sastisfy
Terrain the landscape
Vocation a calling for one's work
Vow a sacred promise
Waylay to ambush
Wither to dry up
Abstain to refrain from doing
Bravado Pretentious display of bravery
Cessation temporary or complete stopping
Delineate to trace or describe with great precision
Elusive cleverly evasive or hard to explain
Fastidious excessively particular;hard to please
Gratification state of being sastisfied
Hybrid composed of two or more sources
Impenetrable cannot be pierced or entered
Jaded worn out or wearied
Acquried to get a hold of;obtain
Clammy damp and unpleasant
Disgrace loss of honor and respect
Rivalry the state of competition
Glaring to stare or shine intensely
Sympathetic concerned with other's feelings
Gingerly with great care or delicacy
Unfathomable difficult to understand;imcomprehensible
Incidentally apart from the main subject;a minor matter
Nonchahantly unconcerned or indifferent;casual
Intrinsic belonging to a thing by its very nature
Flabbergasted overcome with astonishment
Tangible capable of being touched
Excerpt passage taken from a larger work
Narrative a story or account of events
Facetious lack of serious intent;in a joking way
Forte a strong skill in which one excels
Extrapolate to infer an unknown from what is known
Ambulatory capable of walking
Created by: yvanben123
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