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Unit 9
ELA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apt | (Adj) suitable,fitting,likely; quick to learn |
| Awry | (adj) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong out of the right or hoped-for course |
| Bludgeon | (N) a short club used as a weapon (v) to strike with a heavy coub |
| Capitulate | (V) to end resistance, give up, surrender,throw in the towel |
| Chafe | (v)to warm by rubbing;to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction,annoy,irk; |
| Defile | (v) to make unclean or dirty,destroy the purity of; |
| Dire | (adj)dreadful,casuing fear or suffering;warning of trouble come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
| Disarming | (adj)charming,tending to get rid of unfriendliness |
| Disgruntled | (adj) in bad humor,disconnected,annoyed |
| Encroach | (v) to advance beyond the unusual or proper limits |
| Endow | (v) to furnish,equip, provide with funds or some other things or quality |
| Fend | (v) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
| Impunity | (n) freedom from punishment |
| Mien | (n) air,manner;appearance;expression |
| Penal | (adj) having to do with punishment |
| Pertinent | (adj) related to matter at hand, to the point |
| Predominant | (adj) the greatest in strength or power ; most common |
| Prodigy | (n) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an ususual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
| Recluse | (n) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
| Reown | (n) fame, glory |