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6th.JShaw
Sadlier Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apportion | to divide between |
| Bouyant | able to float easily, someone cheerful or hopeful |
| Clique | small exclusive group |
| Congenial | gets along well with, someone pleasant or agreeable |
| Migration | traveling from one region to another |
| Perverse | going against expectations, stubborn or mean turned away from what is good |
| Rancid | stale or spoiled |
| Sever | separate, to cut away from |
| Untenable | unable to hold or defend, impossible to maintain |
| Versitile | capable of many things |
| Ad infinitum | Endlessly |
| Bona fide | genuine or sincere |
| Concede | to admit as true, to yield, to submit |
| Lofty | very high and noble |
| Perceive | To be aware using the senses, to observe, to mentally grasp |
| Prelude | an introduction, to lead off |
| Rustic | country like, a person from the country |
| Sordid | wretched, poor, run-down, mean and selfish |
| Vindicate | to prove innocent, to clear from charge |
| Wane | to lose size, power or strength |
| illustrious | very famous, distinguished |
| maltreat | to abuse, use roughly or crudely |
| subversive | one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system |
| humane | kind, merciful |
| synthetic | made or put together by people |
| blasphemy | an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred |
| temperate | mild, moderate |
| subversive | intended to undermine or overthrow |
| blanch | to remove the color from, make or turn pale; to parboil |
| lithe | bending easily, limber |
| brawny | strong, muscular |
| contend | to fight, struggle, compete; to argue |
| concerted | planned or performed in cooperation with others |
| irreverent | disrespectful |
| intolerable | unbearable |
| ponder | to consider carefully, reflect on |
| laborious | not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking |
| venomous | poisonous; spiteful, mean |
| synthetic | something artificial |
| appreciable | sufficient to be noticed or measured |
| autocratic | absolute in power or authority |
| wily | sly, shrewd, cunning |
| reek | to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression |
| recoup | to make up for, regain |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| statute | a law |
| comport | to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
| enlightened | free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding |
| demure | sober or serious in manner, modest |
| staccato | detached or disconnected in sound or style |
| depreciation | a lessening in value; a belittling |
| proponent | one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief |
| recoil | to spring back, shrink |
| squander | to spend foolishly, waste |
| relentless | unyielding, harsh, without pity |
| brevity | shortness |
| deteriorate | to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
| forestall | to prevent by acting first |
| garble | to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
| quaver | to shake, tremble; to trill |
| recoil | the act of springing back |
| reek | an unpleasant smell |
| divulge | to tell, reveal; to make public |
| concise | expressing much in a few words |
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