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Soph Lit B Vocab 5
Gold Book - Sophomore Lit B - Chapter 5 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| primarily | (adv) chiefly, mainly, first of all |
| testy | (adj) irritable, easily annoyed, cross, touchy |
| calamity | (n) a disaster, great misfortune, a catastrophe |
| stupendous | (adj) amazing, awesome, astonishing |
| vulnerable | (adj) unprotected, exposed, open to attack |
| strenuous | (adj) energetic, active, vigorous |
| entail | (v) to involve, to necessitate, to impose, to require |
| vengeance | (n) revenge |
| intervene | (v) to come between, to be between |
| elaborate | (adj)complicated, intricate, complex (v) to describe in detail, to explain in more detail |
| distinct | (adj) separate; clear, plain |
| remote | (adj) far away, far off, distant; slight |
| dingy | (adj) soiled, dirty, drab, shabby |
| obscure | (adj) unclear, hidden, vague, little known (v) to make (something) hard to see or hard to understand |
| rivalry | (n) a sense of competition |
| rival | (n) one who competes against another, striving for the same thing as the other |