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Unit 2 Vocabulary
6th Grade Level A Vocabulary Workshop
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adverse | adj. unfavorable, negative; working against |
| arid | (adj.) extremely dry; uninteresting |
| assailant | (n.) a person who attacks violently |
| billow | (n.) a large wave; (v.) to rise or swell like a wave |
| confront | (v.) to meet face-to-face |
| constrain | (V.) to force, compel; to restrain |
| contemporary | (adj.) belonging to the same period of time as oneself; (n.) a person of the same time |
| depict | (v.) to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture |
| disinterested | (adj.) fair minded, free from selfish motives |
| encompass | (v.) to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class |
| Groundless | (adj.) without any good reason or cause, unjustified |
| hypocrite | (n) a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is |
| incomprehensible | (adj.) impossible to understand |
| manipulate | (v.) to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for personal gain or advantage |
| maximum | (n) the greatest possible amount or degree; (adj.) reaching the greatest possible amount or degree |
| mimic | (n) a person who does imitations (v.) to imitate |
| ruffle | (v.) to wrinkle, make uneven; to annoy, upset; to flip through; (n.) a gathered strip of material |
| serene | (adj.) peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset |
| sheepish | (adj.) embarrassed; resembling a sheet in meekness, timid |
| stamina | (n.) the strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power |