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Vocabulary Terms
Vocabulary Terms for Mrs. Johnson
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Retentive | able to hold |
| Solicitous | showing concern or care |
| Articulate | to pronoumce distinctly |
| Ravage | to destroy |
| Laggard | a person who moves slowly |
| Sustain | to support or nourish |
| Frivolous | of little importance |
| Detriment | harm or loss |
| Blase | indifferent |
| Plausible | appearing true |
| Frugal | economical |
| Audacious | bold and adventurous |
| Invalidate | to make less valueless |
| Antics | ridiculous and upredictible behavior |
| Prodigous | immense |
| Turcoat | a person who switches to an opposing side |
| Vigil | to watch |
| Unison | a soumding together |
| Cower | to crouch away from fear |
| Scapegoat | a person carrying the blame for others |
| Excise | to remove by cutting |
| Predatory | preying on |
| Abashed | embarassed |
| Infilitrate | to pass through |
| Assert | to declare of state as truth |
| Elite | the choice part of a group of people |
| Divergent | going in different directions |
| Scacengert | a person who collects from waste materials |
| Stoical | self-controlled |
| Attribute | a quality belonging to someone |
| Facetious | humorous |
| Haggard | thin and pale |
| Waver | to move to and fro |
| Attire | clothes |
| Cryptic | puzzling |
| Pseudonym | a pen name |
| Relevant | connected with the matter at hand |
| Prodigal | wastefully extravegant |
| Anguish | great mental suffering |
| Venerate | to regard with reverence |
| Adage | a proverb or wise saying |
| Collaborate | to work with |
| Incognito | in a disguised state |
| Perceptible | capable of being grasped |
| Volatile | highly changeable |
| Pulverize | to grind to powder |
| Pstracize | to exclude from a group |
| Ethical | having to do with morals |
| Obsess | to trouble and haunt the mind |
| Revert | to return |