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vocab unit 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abysmal | awful, terrible, shameful, crummy, adjective |
| acrimonious | angry or bitter, harsh, nasty, adjective |
| begraggled | Dirty and disheveled, untidy, unkempt, adjective |
| befuddled | to make someone unable to think clearly, dazed, addled, adjective |
| belabor | To elaborate in excessive detail, overlaborate, dwell on, verb |
| cacophony | a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds, noise, racket, noun |
| chastisement | Punishment, consequence, noun |
| effervescent | Lively, excited, vivacious, adjective |
| gargantuan | Enormous, giant, prodigious, adjective |
| hornswoggle | to swindle or cheat, cheat, swindle, verb |
| hullabaloo | an uproar, commotion, fuss, noun |
| lanky | ungracefully thin and tall, adjective |
| mar | to damage, disorientate, destroy, verb |
| ostracize | to exclude from a group, exclude, shun verb |
| tizzy | a state of great excitement, agitation, or confusion, panic, frenzy, noun |