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SGCS Narro 6th grade
SGCS 6th gr. vocabulary. unit 15 (Mrs. Narro)
definition | vocabulary word |
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a light or other signal that warns and guides; a light house; anything that guides or guides. (noun) | beacon |
violenly and destructively enraged (adv., adv) | beaerk |
(adj.) having to do with the sky or heavens; heavens; yielding great bliss or happiness | celestial |
(v.) to punish; to restrain, moderate | chasten |
(v.) to sieze by authority; to take and keep | consfiscate |
(pl.n.) information; facts, figures, statistics | data |
(v.) to take away from; reduce in value or reputation | detract |
(n.) a meeting; a meeting of enemies, battle; | encounter |
(n.) a long narrative poem about the deeds of heroes; on a grand scale, vast, titanic | epic |
(n.) a play or story performed without words by actors using only gestures | pantomime |
(n.) one who believes or expects the worst | pessimist |
(n.) care taken beforehand to try too stop something from happening | precaution |
(v.) to bring before a court of law for trial | prosecute |
(n.) a small hole made by a sharp object | puncture |
(v.) to get revenge; to strike back for an injury | retaliate |
(adj.) fake; not genuine | sham |
(adj.) unrefined, crude; awkward or clumsy | uncouth |
(v.) to draw a line under; to put special emphasis on; | underscore |
(adj.) healthy; morally and socially sound and good; | wholesome |
(adj.) full of melancholy yearning or longing, sad, pensive | wistful |