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2BRO2B, Button Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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, or 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 or sand |
| Luminous | Producing or seeming to produce light |
| Rumpled | A fold or wrinkle; ruffled or disheveled appearance |
| Stripling | A young person |
| Sardonic | Grimly mocking or cynical |
| Scorn | The feeling of belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt |
| Tribulation | A cause of great trouble or suffering |
| Repressed | Restrained, inhibited, or suppressed |
| 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, or odd |
| Immoral | Violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles or personal and social ethics |
| Impulse | Done suddenly and without planning; something or a feeling/showing a lack of belief |
| Proposition | Offer or proposal |
| Incredulous | Not able or willing to believe something; a 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 |
| Daub | Michelle daubed some sunscreen on her neck so she wouldn't get sunburned in the California sun. |
| Demure | Lucy was a demure young girl who hid behind her mother on the first day of kindergarten. |
| Demoralized | After the team got another goal, David was demoralized because he was losing 6-0. |
| Frowzy | As soon as the young boy came back from playing in the woods with his grandfather, he was frowzy, leaving dirt all over the house as he went. |
| Immortalize | After the statue of Kayla Brown was finally done being built, she was immortalized into the small town of Jacksonville. |
| Loam | Jackson was walking in the woods when he discovered a loam which he then studied. |
| Luminous | The lamp was luminous and it lit up the whole room. |
| Rumpled | After ironing the shirt, Courtney felt that it was still rumpled. |
| Stripling | Sally was a stripling compared to the older kids playing on the same soccer field. |
| Sardonic | Danny was being sardonic when he went behind the teacher's back and tried to act like her mockingly. |
| Scorn | The broken pencil was scorn because he could not write with it anymore. |
| Tribulation | A huge earthquake in Japan was tribulation because of the massive tsunami it caused, killing thousands of people. |
| Repressed | The dog felt repressed as soon as he was put on his blue leash. |
| Monetarily | The diamond necklace was monetarily valuable to the robber. |
| Intrigue | The audience was intrigued when the magician pulled out a rabbit from his small, black hat. |
| Eccentric | Donald looked eccentric to others kids at Northern for his bright, pink hair. |
| Immoral | Lana felt immoral as she decided to tell lies about her classmate. |
| Impulse | Sofia resisted the impulse to check her watch. |
| Proposition | The dealer made a proposition letting the audience know his deal. |
| Incredulous | Kaitlin was incredulous when it came to the statements of hunting animals for food and hunting in general. |
| Astounded | Alex was astounded as soon as he learned that he got all A's on his report card. |
| Authentic | The vase felt authentic to Kevin because of the old and detailed drawings covering it. |
| Scoff | John was scoff as he mocked the other boy in a rude and sarcastic way. |
| Vague | Because the answer on the test was vague to Alyssa, she asked the teacher what it meant. |
| Transistor | The teacher was teaching the class about a transistor he once saw in a museum that could control the flow of electricity in an old radio. |