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Unit 3 Vocab
Vocab to Study
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apprehensive | anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen (adj) |
| Attentively | while paying close attention, while assiduously attending to the comfort or wishes of others; very politely and courteously (adverb) |
| Distraught | deeply upset and agitated (adj) |
| In Unison | two or more voices sounding together (adverb) |
| Jeering | make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice (verb) |
| Nurturer | someone who provides food or care (noun) |
| Palpable | (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible, able to be touched or felt (adj) |
| Ponder | think, go over (adj) |
| Restored | bring back (a previous right, practice, custom, or situation); reinstate (verb) |
| Ritual | a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order (noun) relating to or done as a religious or solemn rite (adj) |
| Enigma | (noun) a person or thing that is mysterious or puzzling |
| Gloat | (verb) contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure, (noun) an act of gloating |
| Illusion | (noun) a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses |
| Infuriate | (verb) to make angry |
| Pacifist | (noun) a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable |
| Queue | (noun) a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed |
| Terrain | (noun) a stretch or piece of land |
| Vocation | (noun)an extended period of recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling |
| Vow | (noun) a promise |
| Waylay | (verb) stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way |