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Wednesday Wars 2

Wednesday Wars List 2 Vocabulary

TermDefinition
usurp to take and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: to wrongfully use without authority or right careen to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion Careen down
vengeance the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you (revenge)
malice a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone or be unkind
momentum the tendency of a moving object to keep moving unless another force stops it or slows it down
restitution repayment or services that you provide someone with because you have done something bad or illegal to them
begrudge to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune because someone has something that you want, and you think they do not deserve it.
unscathed unharmed; uninjured
plummeted to fall straight down very quickly from a high position, to plunge
vanquish to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle. to defeat in any contest or conflict; completely
The prince __________________ his father, the king, and then taxed all of the citizens. usurped
She stabbed his tire with a screwdriver as an act of ________________ because he had keyed her car door. vengeance
Even though the ball hit him in the arm, it was not thrown with any ________________. malice
As the wind blew across the parking lot, the shopping carts gained __________________ and smashed into several parked cars. momentum
The teen was forced to pay his neighbor _________________ after the baseball he threw broke the window. restitution
I did not __________________my brother when he was gifted a car by our aunt. begrudge
The dog was __________________ after it escaped from the yard and ran out into the street. unscathed
The rock _________________ to the bottom of the lake even though I thought it would skim across the top. plummeted
The people of Poland hope to _____________ the Russian troops soon. vanquish
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