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Vocabulary sheet 4
Short story vocabulary sheet 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aim, hope for, desire | aspire |
| pride, vanity, self-importance | conceit |
| compete or challenge | contend |
| expression, face | countenance |
| hold back, withhold, restrain | forbear |
| sin, wickedness, transgression | impiety |
| talk down to, belittle | patronize |
| arrogant, conceited | presumptuous |
| respect, admiration, worship | reverence |
| try, undertake, risk | venture |
| land, perch, rest: to settle or stay after descending | alight |
| to mourn | bereave |
| foolishness, stupidity, idiocy | folly |
| proud, arrogant, conceited | haughty |
| angry or offended; characterized by strong displeasure at something | indignant |
| intervention, or mediation | intercession |
| pale, white, ashen | pallid |
| fatherly, kind, compassionate | paternal |
| posing or posturing; the act of pretending or alleging. | pretensions |
| to satisfy or fill; to supply with anything to excess | satiate |