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Grade 5 vocab ch 15
Chapter 15 definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| complicate | to make hard to understand or do |
| courteous | considerate toward others |
| discomfort | a lack of ease and well-being |
| eliminate | to get rid of or do away with |
| grieve | to cause to feel great sadness to feel very sad |
| moral | adj.having to do with what is right and wrong; being good and just; the lesson taught by a story or experience |
| scorch | v. to burn on the surface; to dry out with heat. Noun-a slight burn. |
| severe | of a serious nature; very strict and harsh causing pain or hardship |
| spectacle | an unusual sight or public display |
| tragic | having to do with a serious story with a sad ending; very unfortunate |
| trifle | n. something of little importance; a small amount v.to treat carelessly or playfully |
| universal | being everywhere of, for, or shared by all |