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Unit 1 Fiction
Words Only
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| encroaching | intruding or moving into |
| commemorates | honors a memory |
| extricating | setting free, removing |
| constricting | preventing freedom of movement; limiting |
| perpetually | continuing forever, never ending, constantly |
| tentative | hesitant, not confident |
| grave | very serious and worrying |
| furtively | secretively, sneakily, stealthily |
| maligned | spoken ill of |
| apathy | lack of interest or emotion |
| credulity | tendency to believe to easily |
| oppressive | causing great discomfort or distressing |
| peril/perilous | dangers; dangerous |
| fusillade | a massive outpouring |
| rubicund | red colored |
| pretense | pretending, or creating a false show of something |
| candid | honest |
| lofty | elevated in character, noble |
| detestable | deserving hate or scorn, offensive |
| subdued | quiet, lacking energy |
| edifying | instructive in a way as to improve morally or intellectually |
| taciturn | silent |
| tremor | shaking |
| cowardice | lack of bravery |
| prejudice | harm that results from an unfair action or judgment |
| tempering | changing to make more suitable |
| ingratiating | acting in a way to gain someone's favor |
| scrutinized | examined carefully |
| convoluted | twisted in a complicated way |
| reveling | taking great pleasure or delight, having fun |
| interminable | endless or seemingly endless |