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Vocabulary Oct. 18-2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adverse | unfavorable, negative, working against, hostile |
| arid | extremely dry; uninteresting, dull |
| assilant | a person who attacks violently (with blows or words) |
| billow | noun: a large wave verb: to rise or swell like a wave |
| confront | to meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge; to face; encounter |
| constrain | to force, compel; to restrain, hold back |
| contemporary | adjective: belonging to the same period of time as oneself noun: person of the same time |
| depict | to portray; to represent to show in the form of a picture |
| disinterested | having or feeling of no interest in something; free from selfish motives; fair-minded |
| encompass | to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose |