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Quarter 3 Vocabulary
Durango Street Q3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sheepish | ashamed, embarrassed |
| reflected | considered, thought about something |
| cajoled | to coax, persuade with flattery |
| harp | lecture or dwell on a topic |
| arson | criminal act of burning property |
| malice | spite, desire to see another suffer, mean on purpose |
| festooned | decorate with streamers |
| caper | prank, incident |
| depleted | used up, exhausted |
| ominous | threatening, foreshowing evil |
| obscure | hidden, faintly, not apparent |
| coincidence | occurrence of events happening at the same time by accident but seeming to have a connection |
| twinge | sudden sharp pain--may be moral or emotional |
| voracious | having a huge appetite, excessively eager |
| bizarre | strange, out of place |
| prophet | one who can foretell the future |
| adulation | hero worship |
| pleading | begging, intense asking for something |
| remorselessly | showing no mercy |
| chagrined | dismayed, disappointed |
| dubiously | doubtfully, uncertainy |
| acridness | stinging, burning smell |
| lithe | easily bent or flexible |
| delving | digging, searching, or seeking |
| quagmire | a wet, muddy area |
| somber | very serious or sober |
| bedlam | total confusion, loud |
| forge | a mold of something |
| annulled | to make ineffective |
| feigning | faking, to pretend |