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5th.OMartinez
Sadlier Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| appreciable | sufficient enough to be notice or measured |
| blanch | to remove the color from, to turn or make pale |
| brawny | strong, muscular |
| contend | to fight, struggle, complete, argue |
| humane | kind, merciful |
| illustrious | very famous, distingished |
| lithe | bending easily, limber |
| temperate | mild, moderate |
| venomous | toxin that is injected, spiteful or mean |
| wily | sly, swrewd cunning |
| apportion | to divide between |
| buoyant | able to flout easily, cheerful or hopeful |
| clique | a small, exclusive group |
| congenial | getting along with others, agreeable, preasant |
| migration | moving from one region to another |
| perverse | going against expectations, stubburn, turned away from good and proper living |
| rancid | stale or spoiled |
| sever | separate, to cut away from |
| untenable | unable to hold or defend, impossible to maintain |
| versatile | capable of many things |
| ad infiniturn | endlessy |
| bona fide | genuine, sincere |
| concede | to admit as true, to yield, to sumit |
| loftly | very hight and noble |
| perceive | to be aware through senses, observe, to mentally grasp |
| prelude | an introduction |
| rustic | country-like, simple, plain, a person from the country |
| sordid | wretchedly poor, run down, mean or selfish |
| vindicate | to proof inocently, to clear from changes |
| wane | to lose size, strengh, power |