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5th.CCampbell
Sadlier Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atone | to make up for Replacing the time you missed for something Expiate,pay |
| Bondage | slavery; any state of being bound or held down Imprisonment |
| Credible | believable People always agree with you |
| Defray | to pay for Buying something |
| Diligent | hardworking, industrious, not lazy Doing something really good, not tired |
| Doleful | sad; dreary Feeling blue |
| Ghastly | frightful, horrible; deathly pale Scaring for someone |
| Hamper | to hold back Keep away |
| Hew | to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to The form of something |
| Impoverished | poor, in state of poverty; depleted Not having no money, unfortunate |
| Incessant | never stopping,going on all the time Keep going |
| Intricate | complicated; difficult to understand Hard, non-understandable |
| Lucid | easy to understand, clear; rational, sane Something you can do with no issue |
| Posthumous | occurring or published after death Happens after someones dies |
| Prim | overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish In place, clean |
| Sardonic | grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic Imitating somebody insultingly |
| Superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess going past the expectations |
| Supplant | to take the place of, supersede To replace the spot of something |
| Taunt | to jeer at, mock To bother someone repeatedly |
| Tenacious | holding fast or holding together firmly, persistent Keeping together real good |
| adieu | a farewell |
| advent | an arrival; coming into place or view |
| apex | the highest point, tip |
| assimilate | to absorb fully; to adopt as one’s own, adapt fully |
| bogus | false, counterfeit |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high; excessive |
| interim | the time between |
| inundate | to flood,overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| malign | to speak evil of, slander |
| meander | o wander about, wind about |
| metropolis | a large city; the chief city of an area |
| momentous | very important |
| obstreperous | noisy; unruly, disorderly |
| pensive | thoughtful; melancholy |
| perilous | dangerous |
| shoddy | of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship |
| sprightly | lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful |
| surly | angry and bad tempered; rude |
| tirade | a long, angry speech, usually very critical |
| vagrant | wandering aimlessly |
| accomplice | a person who take part in a crime |
| annihilate | a destroy completely |
| arbitary | unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| brazen | shameless, impudent; made of brass |
| catalyst | a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
| exodus | a large-scale departure or flight |
| facilitate | to make easier; to assist |
| incorrigible | not able to be corrected; beyond control |
| latent | hidden, present but not realized |
| militant | given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause |
| morose |
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ccaleigh
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