click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
final exam vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Shaggy | Thick and untidy |
| Wireless | Radio |
| Inquisitive | curious |
| Hoof | Horse's foot |
| Melancholy | Sad, depressed |
| Tongs | Pincers |
| Mantlepiece | A shelf above a fireplace in a house |
| Lull | To cause sleep or relaxation |
| Steal | To move somewhere quietly and secretly |
| Spiteful | Mean and hateful |
| Gilded | Covered with a thin layer of gold |
| Scarlet | Brilliant red |
| Stern | Serious or strict |
| Hereafter | From now on |
| Nag | To annoy or irritate |
| Stoop | To bend your head and body forwaards and down |
| Treason | Betrayal of a ruler or government |
| Harbour | To give a home or shelter to something |
| Fraternize | To make friends with people |
| Beckon | To make a gesture to get someone to come closer |
| Earnestly | Showing sincerity or belief |
| Hoarse | Sounding rough or harsh |
| Trowel | Small spade |
| Stratagem | Plan |
| Prophecy | Prediction |
| Plunge | To suddenly go down |
| Treacherous | Guilty of betrayal |
| Decoy | SOmething used to attract animals or people into danger |
| Shin | The bone on the front of your lower leg |
| Spire | Tall cone shaped roof, like on a church |
| Stir | To move after sleeping |
| Mere | Just, simple |
| Gloat | To be ahappy about your success or others' misfortune |
| Noble | Imposing, magnificent |
| Eerie | Spooky |
| Stammer | To stutter |
| Repulsive | Disgusting |
| Vermin | Horrible animals |
| Gluttony | Excess in eating or drinking |
| Alight | To land after flying |
| Treachery | Betrayal |
| Renounce | To give up |
| Muzzle | To cover the mouth of an animal |
| Hoist | To lift up |
| Vile | Disgusting |
| Prodigious | Enormous |
| Ransack | To go quickly through a place stealing and smashing |
| Liberate | To free or release |
| Piercing | Very high or loud |
| Foreboding | Feelin that something bad is going to happen |