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KrodriguezELAvocab5
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 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 |