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Blue Vocab Workbook
Jr. Reading Vocabulary Chapt. 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| impair | [verb] to make worse, to weaken, to injure. |
| synopsis | [noun] a summary, an outline |
| bliss | [noun] joy, happiness, delight |
| infringe | [verb] to break or violate; to encroach, to trespass |
| microbe | [noun] a bacterium, germ |
| nonentity | [noun] an unimportant person or thing |
| tremulous | [adjective] quivering, trembling; timid, fearful |
| void | [noun] emptiness, vacancy |
| assail | [verb] to attack, to assault |
| hypocrisy | [noun] insineerity, deceit; the act of pretending to have beliefs or virtues that one does not possess |
| destitute | [adjective] extremely poor, needy; lacking, deprived |
| endow | [verb] to provide, to give |
| imbecilic | [adjective] idiotic, weak-minded |
| loath | [adjective] unwilling, reluctant, disinclined |
| throng | [noun] a crowd, a multitude [verb] to gather together as a crowd in (a place or area) |