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Fall 2018
Twenty Vocabulary Words from 1st Quarter ELA 7
Term | Definition |
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ELECTIVE | (NOUN) AN OPTIONAL COURSE OR SUBJECT |
SCOWL | (VERB) TO MAKE A FACIAL EXPRESSION OF DISLIKE OR DISPLEASURE |
QUIVER | (VERB) TO SHAKE OR TREMBLE FROM FEAR, COLD, OR A STRONG EMOTION |
FEROCITY | (NOUN) THE QUALITY OF BEING FIERCE, SAVAGE, OR RELENTLESS |
PROPEL | (VERB) TO PUSH OR DRIVE FORWARD OR ONWARD |
CONVICTION | (NOUN) A STRONGLY HELD OR FIRM BELIEF |
LINGER | (VERB) TO BE SLOW IN LEAVING OR GOING AWAY |
TRUDGE | (VERB) TO WALK SLOWLY AND HEAVILY, AS THOUGH WITH GREAT EFFORT |
BLUFF | (VERB) TO MISLEAD OR DECEIVE |
SHEEPISHLY | (ADVERB) TO ACT IN A SHY, BASHFUL, OR EMBARRASSED WAY |
AFFIX | (VERB) TO ATTACH SOMETHING |
IDEAL | (ADJECTIVE) CONFORMING TO A STANDARD OF PERFECTION OR EXCELLENCE |
ABUNDANT | (ADJECTIVE) EXISTING IN LARGE AMOUNTS |
PHENOMENON | (NOUN) AN USUAL OR SIGNIFICANT NATURAL OCCURRENCE THAT CAN BE OBSERVED |
NEUTRAL | (ADJECTIVE) NOT TAKING A SIDE IN A DISPUTE OR QUARREL |
DEPRIVE | (VERB) TO WITHHOLD OR TAKE SOMETHING IMPORTANT AWAY |
FORTUITOUS | (ADJECTIVE) HAPPENING BY CHANCE OR LUCK |
ANTICIPATE | (VERB) TO LOOK FORWARD TO OR TO EXPECT |
FORTIFY | (VERB) TO MAKE SOMETHING STRONGER |
INQUISITIVE | (ADJECTIVE) TO BE INCLINED TO ASK QUESTIONS OR SEEK INFORMATION. |