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Vocabulary for L.A.
vocab words for language arts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Insatiable | Incapable of being satiated (satisfied); always wantin more; unsatisfiable |
| Perceptible | Able to be perceived (notice through one or more of the senses); detectable; dicernible |
| Impracticable | Incapable of being put into prctice; un workable; impractical; impossible |
| Combustible | Able to catch or be set on fire and burn easily; inflammable; ignitable |
| Imperturbable | Incapable of being pertubed (agitated or disturbed); not easily; calm; cool |
| Unintelligible | Incapable of being understood; difficult to comprehend; incomprehensible |
| Tenable | capable of being held, maintained, or defended; defedable; justifiable |
| Exhaustible | Capable of being exhausted (used up completely) |
| Indispensable | Incapable of being done without; neccessary; imperative; essential |
| Reprehensible | Deserving to be reprehended (blamed or scolded); blame worthy; censurable |
| Perpetuate | Make perpetual (lastin forever of for a long time); cause to continue or be remembered; immortalize |
| Obliterate | Make nonexistent; erase; efface; blot out; delete; remove all traces of; destroy completely |
| Necessitate | Make necessary; require; demand |
| Invigorate | Make strong; give vigor (strenth) to; fill with life and energy; enliven; strengthen |
| Incapacitate | Make unable or unfit; deprive of capacity (ability to do something); diable |
| Humiliate | Make someone feel ashamed; lower someone's pride or dignity; degrade; embarrass |
| Frustrate | Make ineffectual; cause to have no effect; block; thwart |
| Facilitate | Make easier; make less dificult |
| Appropiate | Make oneslef the owner of something without permission or right; take possesion of; annex; steal |
| Ameliorate | Make better; improve; become more tolerable |
| Affluent | Wealth; rich; prosperosus; in possession of an abundance of money or property |
| Astute | Shrewd; Clever; Crafty |
| Biased | Favoring one side too much; partial; prejudiced |
| Conscentious | 1. Always trying to do what is right; controlled by conseience(a sense of right and wrong that governs behavior); honest; scrupulous 2. careful; painstakin; meticulous |
| Destitute | Lacking necessary things, such as food, shelter, or clothing; extremely poor; impoverished; indigent |
| Frugal | Sparin; thriffty; not wasteful |
| Gullible | Easily deceived of cheated; credulous |
| Impartial | Not favoring one side more than the other; free of bias(prejudice); not partial |
| Lavish | Too free in giving or spending; extravagent; prodigal |
| Unscrupulous | Having no concern for what is morally right or proper; unconscionable |
| Aggression | Unprovoked attack; warlike act; encroachment by one nation on th eterritory of another |
| Assailant | Person whoe assails(violently attacks wiht blows or words); attacker |
| Belligerent | Fond of Fighting; warlike; quarrelsome; pugnacious |
| Belligerent | Nation engaged in a war; person involved in a fight; warrior |
| Implacable | Unable to be placated(made peaceful); unappeasable; unrelenting; unforgiving |
| Intimidate | Make timid(fearful); frighten; scare; discourage from acting by threats or violence |
| Invincible | Incapable of being vanquished(conquered, defeated, or subdued); insuperable; unsurmountable |
| Mercenary | Solider serving for pay in a foreign army |
| Mercenary | Serving merely for a pay or gain; greedy |
| Pugilist | Prizefighter; boxer; person who fights with fists |
| Strife | Bitter conflict; fighting; discord; antagonism |
| Vanquish | Subdue by superior force; conquer; defeat; overcome |