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World Problems Vocab
Vocab from "2BRO2B" and "Button, Button", 7th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Daub | To coat or smear (a surface) with a thick or sticky substance in a carelessly rough or liberal way. |
| Demure | (of a woman or her behavior) reserved, modest, and shy. |
| Demoralized | Having lost confidence or hope; disheartened. |
| Frowzy | Having a messy or dirty appearance |
| Immortalize | To cause (someone or something) to be remembered forever |
| Loam | A fertile soil of clay and sand |
| Luminous | Producing or seeming to produce light |
| Rumpled | A fold or wrinkle; ruffled or disheveled appearance. |
| Stripling | Young person |
| Sardonic | Grimly mocking or cynical |
| Scorn | The feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt. |
| Tribulation | A cause of great trouble or suffering. |
| Monetarily | Of or pertaining to money |
| Intrigue | To arouse curiosity or interest |
| Eccentric | Deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.;irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd |
| Immoral | Violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics. |
| Impulse | Done suddenly and without planning: resulting from a sudden impulse |
| Proposition | Offer; proposal |
| Incredulous | Not able or willing to believe something : feeling or showing a lack of belief |
| Astounded | Overwhelmed with astonishment or amazement |
| Authentic | Real or genuine : not copied or false |
| Scoff | Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way |
| Vague | Not clear in meaning : stated in a way that is general and not specific |
| Transistor | A small device that is used to control the flow of electricity in radios, computers, etc. |
| The child continued to___________and smear paint onto the paper. | Daub |
| The princess acted__________when the king and queen of a neighboring kingdom visited. | Demure |
| The team was____________after the last defeat, but were able to get their hopes up and win the next game. | Demoralized |
| Annabeth soon arrived with that_________and dirty homeless boy, Magnus. | Frowzy |
| Percy turned down the chance to be____________forever just to help the other demigods. | Immortalize |
| The garden was grown on the finest_________in the land. This fertile land made the plants flourish. | Loam |
| The young girl's smile was__________and seemed to light up the whole room. | Luminous |
| His shirt was__________and disheveled after the battle. | Rumpled |
| The young boy, who could be considered a___________, stood at the base of the steps. | Stripling |
| The cynical villain in the book was___________and mocking when he caught the protagonist. | Sardonic |
| He did not wish to become the object of_________and mockery. | Scorn |
| He often complained about the__________and sufferings of being a famous figure. | Tribulation |
| The necklace has sentimental as opposed to_________value. | Monetarily (Monetary) |
| She seemed to be___________at the thought of joining the other side to gain more power. | Intrigue |
| While my friends are often_________and slightly odd, I am very quiet and calm. | Eccentric |
| The council president called the man's actions_____________and unethical. | Immoral |
| She acted on__________and dove away as the Hydra's jaws snapped towards her. | Impulse |
| The council member offered a_____________that the man should be jailed. | Proposition |
| He was____________and showed a lack of belief when we told him that Greek mythology was real. | Incredulous |
| I was_____________to see that so many people had come to see the bands preform. | Astounded |
| He bought woven hats and moccasins from gift shops to get that "___________ native look". | Authentic |
| He____________at the girl when she tried to explain that the camp was going to be attacked. | Scoff |
| Annabeth tried to give out__________warnings to the other demigods so their captives wouldn't know what they were planning. | Vague |
| She held a____________in her hand. She had used it to mess with the flow of electricity of our computers. | Transistor |
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