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Unit 5 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute | (adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time. |
| Bluster | (v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening. |
| Bungle | (v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness. |
| Commentary | (n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion. |
| Duration | (n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts. |
| Eerie | (adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious. |
| Facet | (n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem. |
| Fidelity | (n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness. |
| Fray | (n.) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; to make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate. |
| Headstrong | (adj.) willful, stubborn. |
| 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. |
| Pacify | (v.) to make peaceful or calm; to soothe. |
| Ravenous | (adj.) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction. |
| Refute | (v.) to prove |
| Remorse | (n.) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience. |
| Setback | (n.) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step-like recession. |
| Smug | (adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous. |
| Synopsis | (n.) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary. |
| Tarry | (v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while. |