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Vocab-Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bluster | (v) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts (n) speech that is loud and threatening |
| commentary | (n) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion |
| eerie | (adj) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
| fidelity | (n) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness |
| headstrong | (adj) willful, stubborn |
| pacify | (v) to make peaceful or calm to soothe |
| ravenous | (adj) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
| refute | (v) to prove incorrect |
| remorse | (n) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience |
| synopsis | (n) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary |
| acute | (adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
| bungle | (v) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
| duration | (n) the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| facet | (n) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| fray | (n) a brawl, a noisy quarrel (v) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate |
| inhabitant | (n) one living permanently in a given place |
| numb | (adj) having lost the power of feeling or movement (v) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling |
| setback | (n) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step-like recession in a wall |
| smug | (adj) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous |
| tarry | (v) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while |