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Lesson 18
English 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adamant | not giving in; unyielding |
| additive | something added in small quantities to change or improve something else |
| adjoin | to be next to or close to |
| beastly | disagreeable; unpleasant; disgusting |
| brood | Noun 1. a group of birds, especially fowl, born to the same mother at the same tome 2. all of the children in a family Verb- to keep thinking about something in a sad or troubled way |
| commerce | the buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale between cities, states, or nations; trade |
| confiscate | to seize something that one has the authority to take away |
| desolate | 1. lonely; miserable and cheerless 2. ruined; destroyed |
| excavate | 1. to uncover or remove by digging; to unearth 2. to hollow out; to make a hole in; to dig |
| habitual | being, doing, or acting in a certain way by habit; steady; customary |
| pact | an agreement between two or more people or groups about what they will do; a treaty |
| skirmish | 1. a brief fight between small forces 2. any brief or unimportant conflict |
| velocity | rapidity of motion; speed |
| wistful | mildly sad because of an unfulfilled wish or desire; sadly thoughtful or wishful |
| wrath | very great anger |