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U 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| OBSTACLE | something that impedes progress or achievement |
| obstacle | Ghost encounters a serious _____ with his father and must escape with his mother to survive. |
| COURAGE | mental and moral strength |
| courage | It took for ______ Ghost to go back into the house where his father attacked him and his mother. |
| apparel | Winter apparel should be warm and cozy. |
| dispatch | We’ll dispatch a repair crew right away. |
| forsake | I will never forsake my children, no matter what they do or say. |
| ingenious | The students found an ingenious solution to the math problem. |
| misgiving | They had misgivings about joining the chorus because of its demanding schedule. |
| DENOUNCE | (verd)to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| famished | The Vietnamese immigrants, new to a strange American city, were famished for news of home. |
| inept | The scientist is brilliant in the research laboratory, but is inept at dealing with people |
| LIBEl | (noun) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation about whom it is made (verb) to write or publish a statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of another person |
| REPAST | (noun) a meal, food |
| RESILIENCE | he ability to recover from misfortune |
| resilience | Ghost and his mother both demonstrate incredible _____ when they move forward with their lives after surviving the arrest of the father. |
| WILLPOWER | strong determination that allows one to do something difficult |
| willpower | Ghost finally had the _____ to share his secret with his teammates. |
| APPAREL | (N) a feeling of fear or doubt (N) clothing; (V) to dress up |
| DISPATCH | (V) to send out for a purpose; (N) an official message |
| MISGIVING | (N) a feeling of fear or doubt. |
| INGENIOUS | (ADJ) remarkably clever |
| FORSAKE | (V) to give up or abandon |
| denonce | The United Nations decided to publicly ____ the tyrant's crimes. |
| FAMISHED | (ADJ) suffering severely from hunger or fro a lack of something |
| INEPT | (ADJ) totally without skill or appropriateness |
| libel | The young celebrity accused her unauthorized biographer of ____. It is a crime to _____ others, no matter you feel about them. |
| repast | Let's get together after the show at Callie's Cafe for a late-night _____. |
| BESIEGE | (V) to attack by surroundings with military forces; to cause worry or trouble. |
| besiege | If troops ______ their stronghold, the rebel forces may be forced to surrender. |
| COMPRESS | (V) to press together; to reduce in size or volume OR (N) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury. |
| compress | The editor helped _____ my rambling 25-page mystery into an 8-page thriller. A cold _____ may soothe headache pain. |
| DOUSE | (V) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish |
| douse | I'll ___ the flames with the hose. |
| GAINFUL | (ADJ) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage |
| gainful | I hope to find _____ employment that is pleasing to me. |
| OAF | (N) A stupid person; a big clumsy, slow individual |
| oaf | He generally moved like an _____, so I was surprised to see how graceful he was on the dance floor. |
| EXPRESSLY | plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose . |
| expressly | The terms of our agreement _____ forbade us to take any of the goods for our own use. |
| IMMENSE | very large or great;beyond ordinary measurement. |
| immense | On my first babysitting job, I found that one must have patience to take care of young children.. |
| INSTANTANEOUS | (adjective) done in an instant; immediate |
| instantaneous | Some of life’s rewards are instantaneous; others are a long time in coming. |
| IRK | (verb) to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| irk | Students who do not complete their work _____ their teachers and parents because it seems like they do not want to succeed. |
| RECEDE | (verb) to go or move backward; (verb) to become more distant |
| recede | Far away on the horizon, we saw the tiny figures of a lonely traveler and his mule _____ into the sunset. |
| HABIT | manner of conducting oneself |
| habit | Students who choose the positive ____ of completing work will always be successful. |
| ATTAIN | To achieve by effort |
| attain | Jeremy Lin was able to ____ his goal of becoming a professional basketball player for the NBA. |
| CHALLENGE | To summon to a contest of skill or strength; OR to call into question |
| challenge | Staying out of trouble to remain on the team will ____ Ghost in ways he for which he might not be prepared. |
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