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Vocabulary
Definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Faltered | To lose strength |
| Venture | A risky journey or adventure |
| Galling | Annoying, humilliating |
| Elated | To make happy |
| Scornful | Expression |
| Receded | Move far, or back |
| Retorted | Aggresively talking back |
| Instinct | A typical pattern or behavoir |
| Balmy | delightfully warm |
| Tangent | something next to |
| Melancholy | sad for no reason, usually |
| Rueful | Expressing sorrow or grief, sometimes can be funny |
| Exasperated | To be irritated or upset |
| Self-Deprecation | criticism to oneself |
| Perilous | danger or risk |
| Rigid | unable to bend |
| Anguish | suffering |
| Decisively | make decisions quickly |
| Flanks | side of an animals or persons body between the ribs and hip |
| Roust | get up or start moving |
| Exclamations | sudden cry usually showing anger or pain |
| Vanity | pride in owns appearance or achievments |
| Teeming | be full or swarming with |
| Peculiar | strange or odd |
| Gestured | a movement thats part of the body |
| Courteous | considerate in manner |
| Luxurious | comfortable |
| Indomitable | impossible |