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Unit 9 Vocabulary
Vocabulary words for Unit 9-Advanced
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| intolerable | unbearable; too painful or cruel to be endured |
| maternal | motherly; inherited through one's mother |
| rival | a person who tries to get the same thing as another; a competitor |
| crisis | the turning point; a time of great danger or trouble |
| self-conscious | awkward or embarrassed in the presence of others |
| adopt | to take up and use as one's own; to choose and follow; to take into one's family |
| blemish | a mark or scar on the skin; a defect |
| anguish | great mental or physical suffering |
| inhabit | to dwell or live in |
| immature | not fully grown or developed |
| timid | shy or easily frightened |
| hesitation | uncertainty |
| acute | very serious; mentally keen; sharp or pointed |
| hysterical | emotionally uncontrollable |
| wretched | miserable; deeply unhappy |
| irritable | easily annoyed |
| ridicule | the act of making a person or thing seem foolish |
| tendency | a natural leaning to move or act in a particular way |
| turmoil | a great disturbance, uproar, confusion, or commotion |
| vague | not expressed clearly or exactly; unclear |