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mitchell-lesson 11
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| attire | to dress; to clothe |
| chronic | lasting a long time or coming back again and again |
| distort | to change from a natural shape |
| docile | gentle, obedient, and trainable, easy to deal with |
| doleful | full of sorrow or sadness |
| fallacy | a false or mistaken idea, belief, or opinion |
| fruitful | producing results; successful |
| immobile | motionless; not moving |
| indignation | deep anger about something that seems unjust, or mean |
| ostracize | to exclude or keep out |
| pompous | showing too great an opinion; exaggeration of one's own dignity |
| revoke | to take back or bring to an end something that has been given or promised |
| snare | a trap used to catch small animals |
| splurge | to spend freely or too freely; extravagant |
| wince | to shrink or draw back slightly as in disgust, pain, or fear |