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Reading Foundations
"Blood is Thicker"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| devastated | destroy or ruin something |
| grueling | very difficult; backbreaking |
| outrage | angry |
| seethed | boiling mad |
| subdued | silent; quiet; not talking |
| distracted | to be mentally far away; not focused |
| unreliable | undependable |
| frustation | aggravated |
| diagnosis | to find the problem; to identify the nature of a person's medical condition |
| diminshed | made smaller or less |
| solemnly | serious |
| remission | temporary recover |
| lulled | calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements. |
| immune | not affected or influenced by something. |
| haggard | looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering. |
| menancingly | something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury; a threat |
| interjected | to interrupt |
| emphasized | to make something important, or stress it. |
| entrusting | assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone). |
| gravely | something that is very bad and serious. |
| grumbled | to complain in a low voice making sounds; make a low rumbling sound. |
| dissipated | to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish |
| tension | mental or emotional strain |
| charisma | sweet; charming; hope |
| dread | to fear |