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8th ELA Unit 4

Vocabulary List

TermDefinition
alliance a joining together for some common purpose
bewilder to puzzle completely, confuse
buffoon a clown; a coarse, stupid person
controversial arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement
dishearten to discourage
fruitless not producing the desired results, unsuccessful
hostile unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive
inflammable easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused
inflict to give or cause something unpleasant, impose
malignant deadly, extremely hurtful, evil; spiteful, malicious
mortify to hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment
orthodox in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things
procure to obtain through special effort; to bring about
scurry to run quickly, scamper, hurry
sodden soaked with liquid or moisture;expressionless, dull; spiritless
spirited full of life and vigor; courageous
virtual having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing
void completely empty; having no legal force or effect
wayward disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious
wince to draw back suddenly,as though in pain or fear
Created by: bmercer
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