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I Am Cheese Vocab3
grade 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ravenous | adj. extremely hungry (literally and figuratively) |
| Instinctively | adv. arising from impulse |
| paraphernalia | n. articles used in a particular activity; personal belongings |
| harbor | v. to give shelter to, to provide a place, home |
| solicitous | adj. expressing care or concern |
| gaiety | n. state of joy |
| incessant | adj. continuing without interruption |
| tantalize | to tease, provoke |
| avid | adj. having desire or craving for something |
| painstaking | adj. extremely careful and diligent work or effort |
| admonishment | n. critical correction or caution |
| chide | v. to scold mildly so as to correct or improve, reprimand |
| triviality | n. the quality of being unimportant; an insignificant detail |
| grimace | v. to make a sharp contortion of the face |
| prelude | n. an introduction to an event or action |
| resolute | adj. firm or determined |
| desecrate | v. to violate the sacredness of |
| subterfuge | n. a deceitful device |
| skulk | v. to lurk, to move about sneakily |
| assimilate | v. to make similar, to become part of |
| belligerently | adv. eager to fight; hostile or aggressive |