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Vocab 7
Ms.Knapp
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adieu | A goodbye |
| Advent | The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event |
| Apex | The top or highest part of something |
| Assimilate | Take in and understand fully |
| Barbarous | Savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal |
| Bogus | Not genuine or true; fake |
| Exorbitant | Unreasonably high |
| Interim | The intervening time; meanwhile |
| Inundate | Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with |
| Malign | To speak harmful untruths about |
| Meander | Follow a winding course |
| Metropolis | Big city; capital or chief city of a country |
| Momentous | very important; of great importance or significance |
| Obstreperous | loud; noisy and difficult to control |
| Pensive | Engaged in, involving, or reflecting |
| Perilous | Full of danger or risk |
| Shoddy | Badly made or done |
| Sprightly | lively; full of energy |
| Surly | Bad-tempered and unfriendly |
| Vagrant | Homeless |