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Saint gabriel 7th
final vocab for mrs narro by Dwight Daniel
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abound | to be plentifull, be filled |
| braggart | a boaster, boastful in a loud. annoying way |
| bellow | (v.)to make a sound similar to that of a bull, roar; (n.)a load angry roar |
| botch | (v.) to repair or patch poorly; to make a mess of; (n.) a hopplessly bungled job |
| canvass | (v.) to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or pinions; to go over in detail |
| cache | a hising place; something hidden or stored |
| clamor | a public outcry, any loud and continued noise; to call for by loud continued outcries |
| countenance | a face, facial expression; to tolerate or approve |
| disputatious | inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate |
| domestic | native to a country, not foreign; relating to the life or affairs of a household; a household servant |
| diminish | to make or become smaller, reduce in size |
| emblem | a symbol, sign, token |
| entice | to attract, tempt |
| embezzles | to steal property entrusted to one's care |
| farce | a play filled with rediculous or sabsurd happenings; broad or far-fetched humor; a rediculous sham |
| flagrant | extremly bad, glaring; scandalous, notorious |
| fluctuate | to change continual; to mave upand down |
| flourish | to grow, thrive, be prosperous; to wave in the air;; a damatic gesture, a fanfare of horns |
| feud | a bitter, long -term quarrel;; to fight or quarrel with |
| graphic | lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictoral arts |
| hospitable | offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anythimg new storage |
| havoc | very great destruction, ruin; great confusion and disorder |
| heed | to pay careful attention to, notice; to be guided by;; close attention or consideration |
| imposter | a swindler, deceiver, one who uses a false name or character in order to cheat |
| incentive | a reason for doing something; something that stimulates action |
| ignite | to set on fire, cause to burn; to heat up |
| implore | to beg earnestly for |
| lairs | the home or den of a wild animal; any hideout |
| melancholy | sad, gloomy, unhappy;; sadness, gloominess |
| momentum | th force or speed that some thing moves |
| mulled | to think about ponder; to grind or mix ; to heat and flavor with spices |
| malady | a sickness, illness, disease, disorder |
| notorious | widely known because of bad conduct |
| nub | the central point or the heart of a matter; a knob |
| nomadic | wandering moving about from place to place |
| ordeal | a difficult or painful expierence, a trial |
| onslaught | a violent attack ; a sudden rush of something |
| prudent | cautious, careful, showing good sense of humor |
| parasites | an organism that lives in or on another another organism; one who lives off another person |
| persist | to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be change; to last, remain |
| pervade | to spread throughout |
| pact | an agreement |
| patronize | to treat someone as an inferior while making a show of bieng kind and gracious |
| quibble | to evade or belitttle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections;;; a petty objection |
| quench | to put out, extingiush, end |
| quest | a search, hunt;;; to search, seek, ask |
| regal | royal, kinglike; fit for a king |
| ratify | to approve, give formal approval to, confirm |
| rant | to speak widley and noisily;;; loud, violent talk |
| stifle | to smother prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off |
| salvo | a burst of gunfire or cannon shot, often as a tribute or a salute; a sudden burst of anything; a spirited verbal attack |
| seclusion | isolation from others, solitude |
| status | a person's condition or position in the eyes law; relative rank or standing, especialy in society; prestige |
| shirk | to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect duty; to sneak, slink |
| timidity | the state of bieng easily frightend |
| vigilant | wide-awake, alert, watchful |
| veto | the power to forbid or prevent ;;; to prohibit, reject |
| wilt | to became limp and drooping, wither; to lose stength and vigor |
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