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Unit 5 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| duration | the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| commentary | a series of notes clarifying or explaining something;an expression of opinion |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly;to ruin somehting theourgh clumsiness |
| bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way;to blow in stormy gusts;speech that is loud and threatening |
| acute | with a sharp point;keen and alert;sharp and severe;rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time |
| eerie | causing fear because of strangeness;weird,mysterious |
| facet | one aspect or side of a problem;one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
| fidelity | the state of being faithful;accuracy in details,exactness |
| fray | a brawl, anoisy quarrel;to wear away by rubbing;make ragged or worn;to strain,irritate |
| headstrong | willful,stubborn |
| inhabitant | one living permanently in a given place |
| numb | having lost the power of feeling or movement,to dullthe feelings of;to cause to lose feeling |
| pacify | to make peaceful or calm;to soothe |
| ravenous | greedy;very hungry;eager for satisfaction |
| refute | to prove incorrect |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds |
| setback | something that interferes with progress;a disappointment,unexpected loss or defeat;a steplike recession in a wall |
| smug | overly self- satisfied,self-righteous |
| synopsis | a brief statement giving a general view of some subject,book, etc.;a summary |
| tarry | to delay leaving;to linger,wait;to remain or stay for a while |