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Jaubert6vocabUnit5
Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop C Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acute | with a sharp point; keen and alert; clever |
| Bluster | to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way |
| Bungle | to ruin something through clumsiness; mess up |
| Commentary | explanation or remarks |
| Duration | the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| Eerie | causing fear because of strangeness; creepy |
| Facet | one aspect or side of a subject or problem; a cut surface of a gem |
| Fidelity | faithfulness |
| Fray | a noisy quarrel |
| Headstrong | will; stubborn |
| Inhabitant | one living permanently in a given place; resident |
| Numb | having lost the power of feeling or movement; deaden |
| Pacify | to make peaceful; calm |
| Ravenous | greedy; very hungry |
| Refute | to prove incorrect; disprove |
| Remorse | deep and painful regret for one’s past misdeeds; guilt |
| Setback | something that interferes with progress |
| Smug | overly self-satisfied, self righteous; conceited |
| Synopsis | summary; outline |
| Tarry | to delay leaving |