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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rasping | scraping or grating with a rough tool (often making a grating sound) Ex. The rake made a neat design when ____ through the clay on the baseball field. |
| Distraught | mentally worried, emotionally upset, or panicked. Ex. The parents were ____ when they realized their child had wandered off at the crowded theme park. |
| Distracted | turned away the mind’s focus or ability to pay attention, to lose concentration. Ex. Margo spoke to the professor, but he did not hear, he was ____ by his latest calculations and lost in thought. |
| Wheedle | persuade with flattery Ex. Carl _____ his way onto the guest list by complementing the bouncer’s sense of style at the door. |
| Nurturer | one who takes care of, feeds Ex. My Aunt Sally was always the _____ of the family, taking care of everyone, all the time. |
| Disposition | a person’s general way of acting Ex. Tamara has a kind and friendly ____, because of her kind attitude she would make a good doctor someday. |
| Transgression | a person’s general way of acting Ex. Tamara has a kind and friendly ____, because of her kind attitude she would make a good doctor someday. |
| Apprehensive | Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant might happen Ex. An _____ night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake and sleep did not come to Rainsford… |
| Aptitude | natural ability, talent, capacity to achieve Ex. When I failed the test, I knew that it was because I had not studied and not my ______. I could have passed it if I tried harder to prepare. |
| Chastise | to punish; reprimand severely |