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Voca. Chap. 1-12
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| Term | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| incidentally | by coincidence | I ______ ran into my twin sister that I didn't know I had. |
| roguishly | dishonestly | My brother_______ told my dad that he had finished his homework. |
| sarcastically | cutting remark | My brother ________ made fun on my new hair cut. |
| sagely | wise | I met a man that was ______. |
| acquired | got | My dad helped me ______ algebra. |
| incredulous | unbelievable | (blank) |
| stocky | muscualr | (blank) |
| rarities | uncommon | (blank) |
| unfathomable | unbelievable | (blank) |
| clammy | damp | (blank) |
| stalked | followed around | (blank) |
| glaring | angrily stare | (blank) |
| nonchalantly | unconcerned | (blank) |
| irresistibly | tempting | (blank) |
| sympathetic | share fellings about something | (blank) |
| sensitive | easily hurt | (blank) |
| gingerly | carefully | (blank) |
| disgrace | without honor | (blank) |
| reckless | careless | (blank) |
| apprehensive | uneasy; anxious | (blank) |
| avoiding | keeping away from | (blank) |
| bewildering | puzzled, problem difficult to solve | (blank) |
| bleak | cold, grim, depressing | (blank) |
| contemptously | act of challenging/resisting | (blank) |
| defiance | willful, disobedience, disrespectful | (blank) |
| dumbfounded | confusing | (blank) |
| gallantly | courteously, with honor | (blank) |
| groggy | weak, unsteady on the feet or in action | (blank) |
| ornery | irritating disposition (way of acting) | (blank) |
| passionately | expressing intense feeling | (blank) |
| winced | shrink back (as from pain) | (blank) |
| premonition | previous notice or warning | (blank) |
| quavered` | tremble | (blank) |
| quivering | shake | (blank) |
| rave | talk irationally or with extreme enthusiasm | (blank) |
| resignedly | submit, give up deliberately | (blank) |
| ruefully | showing pity or sympathy, regretfully | (blank) |
| sassy | disregard in remarks, or stylish | (blank) |
| sophisticated | worldly | (blank) |
| unceasingly | continously | (blank) |
| aghast | horrified | (blank) |
| apparently | according to what seems true | (blank) |
| bewilderment | confuse somebody | (blank) |
| contemptuously | felling, expressing, or demonstrating a strong dislike or lake of respect | (blank) |
| conviction | firmly held belief | (blank) |
| desperately | as last restort | (blank) |
| doggedly | determined | (blank) |
| eluded | escape or avoid | (blank) |
| hue | color, type | (blank) |
| hysterics | laughter | (blank) |
| imploringly | beggingly | (blank) |
| abruptly | suddenly, unexpected | (blank) |
| acrobatics | gymnastics feats | (blank) |
| agony | physical mental suffering | (blank) |
| aimlessly | without purpose | (blank) |
| awed | strong feeling of wonder of fear | (blank) |
| clenching | hold tightly | (blank) |
| contempt | angry discust | (blank) |
| debating | discuss or argue | (blank) |
| disgusted | to sicken or offend | (blank) |
| environment | surroundings | (blank) |
| grimacing | facial expression showing contempt | (blank) |
| leery | suspicious | (blank) |
| miniature | small, copy or replica | (blank) |
| mock | ridicule or express contempt | (blank) |
| numbly | without physical sensation | (blank) |
| reformatory | corrective institution | (blank) |
| static | fixed; without motion | (blank) |
| stifled | to hold back | (blank) |
| superiority | advantage | (blank) |
| underprivileged | without many opportunities | (blank) |
| acquitted | to free or clear from an accusation or charge of crime | Was Johnny______for murder? |
| circumstances | surrounding and affecting a person or action | What ______ caused the rumble? |
| concussion | a violent shaking or jarring | The hit to his head caused a ____. |
| daze | to stun or confusing | A hard hit to the head will ____ you. |
| delirious | temporarily out of one's mind | The boys were _____ with excitment. |
| flinching | to draw back or away | He was ___ in pain. |
| hazy | vagueness of mind; mental confussion | The world appeared ___ through swollen eyes. |
| idolized | to have a great admiration or love | Johnny ____ Dally. |
| stupor | a partly conscious condition | The blow to his head left him in a ____. |
| vaguely | not defiant or clearly expressed | He ____ remembered where he was at. |
| veered | to change direction or course | |
| indignant | filled with anger | (blank) |
| individual | single or distinct | (blank) |
| mimicking | to imitate the speech | (blank) |
| radiates | to give off rays of light or heat | (blank) |
| stunned | to daze or make unconscious | (blank) |
| subsides | to sink to a low or lower level | (blank) |
| sullenly | with drawn or gloomy because of bad humor or anger | (blank) |
| vital | necessary to or supporting life | (blank) |
| wistfully | sadly longing | (blank) |
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