Unit 9 vocab Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Term | Definition |
apt | (adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn |
awry | (adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course |
bludgeon | (n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point |
capitulate | (v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel |
chafe | (v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing |
defile | (v., trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon |
dire | (adj.) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster |
disarming | (adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion |
disgruntled | (adj., part.) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed |
encroach | (v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass |
endow | (v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality |
fend | (v.) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage |
impunity | (n.) freedom from punishment |
mien | (n.) air, manner; appearance; expression |
penal | (adj.) having to do with punishment |
pertinent | (adj.) related to the matter at hand, to the point |
predominant | (adj.) the greatest in strength or power; most common |
prodigy | (n.) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent |
recluse | (n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world |
renown | (n.) fame, glory |
Created by:
1718ryan
Popular English Vocabulary sets