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Vocabulary
Language Arts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Malevolent | Wishing harm or evil to others. |
| Mal | Bad |
| Benevolent | Doing or wanting to do good. |
| Bene | Good |
| Bellicose | Eager to fight or quarrel. |
| Bell | War/fight |
| Adversity | Misfortune or trouble. |
| Vers | Turn |
| Malicious | Having or showing malice. |
| Malice | Feeling of wanting to harm someone. |
| Audible | Able to be heard |
| Aud | to hear |
| Vocation | to call to a particular profession |
| Voc/Vok | To speak or to call |
| Vociferous | Loud and noisy in making ones feelings known |
| Apprehensive | Feeling anxious or fearful |
| Trudge | To walk heavily; plod |
| Initial | First |
| Ethnicity | A racial, national, or cultural heritage |
| Elective | An optional acedemic course or subject |
| Scowl | To look angry by drawing the eyebrows together and frowning. |
| Ironically | In a way that is contrary to what is expected or intended. |
| Adamant | Unwilling to bend or change. |
| Bluff | To mislead or decieve; to fake. |
| Inevitably | Impossible to avoid or prevent. |
| Nefarious | Very mean and wicked. |
| Sheeepishly | With a bashful or embarresed look. |
| Conviction | A strong belief; assurdness |
| Cantankerous | Bad tempered and quarrelsome. |
| Belligerent | Ready to fight |
| Linger | To continue to stay; delay leaving. |
| Convoluted | Difficult to understand;complicated |
| Portly | Stout or over weight. |
| Merge | To blend together. |
| Debacle | Failure or breakdown. |
| Chaotic | Confused;disorganized |
| Quiver | To shake with a slight rapid movement. |
| Exotic | Unusual or different. |
| Ferocity | Extreme fiercness; intensity |
| Specify | To make known or identify. |
| Usher | To make known the presence or arrival of; to introduce. |