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Unit 5 stack
English unit 5 studystack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accute | With sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and Severe;rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time. |
| Bluster | (V.)To talk or act in a noisy and threatining way; to blow in stormy gusts;(n.) Speech that is loud and threatining. |
| Bungle | To act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin somthing through clumsiness. |
| Commentary | A series of notes clarifying or explaining somthing; an expression of opinion. |
| Duration | The length of time that somthing continues or lasts. |
| Eerie | Causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious. |
| Facet | One aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem. |
| Fidelity | The state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness. |
| Fray | (n.) A brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v.) To wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irratate. |
| Headstrong | Willful, stubborn. |
| Inhabitant | One living permanently in a given place |
| Numb | (adj.)Having lost the power of feeling or movement; (v.) To dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling. |
| Pacify | To make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| Ravenous | Greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction. |
| Refute | To proove incorrect. |
| Remorse | Deep and painful regret for ones past misdeeds; pangs of conscience. |
| Setback | Somthing 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 os some subject, book, etc.;a summary. |
| Tarry | To delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while. |