semester 1 vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Apparel | clothing that serves as dress or decoration |
Besiege | to attack by surrounding with military forces to worry or trouble |
Compress | to press together, to reduce in size of volume; a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
Denounce | to condemn openly, to accuse formally |
Dispatch | to send off or out for a purpose to kill, an official message, promptness speed |
douse | plunge into a liquid, drench, to put out quickly extinguish |
expressly | plainly, in so many words, for a particular purpose |
famished | suffering severely from hunger or from lack of something |
forsake | to give up, renounce, to leave, abandon |
gainful | profitable, bring in money or some special advantage |
immens | very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
inept | totally without skill or appropriateness |
ingenious | showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever |
instantaneous | done in an instance; immediate |
irk | to annoy, trouble, make weezy |
libel | a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom its made; to write a publish such a statement |
misgiving | a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainly |
daf | a stupid person, a big, clumsy, slow individual |
recede | to go or move backward; to become more distant |
repast | a meal, food |
constrain | to force, compel; to restrain, hold back |
contemporary | belonging to the same period of time as oneself, a person of the same time |
depict | to portray; to represent or show in the for of a picture |
disinterested | fair minded; free from selfish motives, indifferent |
encompass | to encircle, go or reach around, to enclose to include with a certain group or class |
groundless | without any good reason or cause; unjustified |
hypocrite | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is; a two-faced person |
incomprehensible | impossible to understand |
manipulate | to handle or use skillfully to manage or control for personal gain or advantage |
maximum | the greatest possible amount or degree; reaching the greatest possible amount or degree |
mimik | a person who does imitation, to imitate, to make fun of |
ruffle | to wrinkle, make uneven to annoyy, upset to flip through a gathere |
serene | peaceful, calm, free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm, majestic, grant |
sheepish | embarassed, resembling a sheep in meakness timid |
stamina | the strength needed to keep going to overcome physical or mental strain; staying power |
barrage | a rapid, large-scale outpouring of something |
bigot | an intolerant, prejudiced or biased person |
designate | to indicate, point out; too appoint, selected but not yet installed |
diversity | difference, variety, a condition of having many different types of forms |
enigma | someone or something that is extremely puzzling, that which cannot be understood or explained |
gloat | to look at or think about with great intensity and satifsfaction; to take great personal joy |
global | relating to, or including the entire world; comprehensive |
illusion | a false idea; something that one seems to see or to be aware of that really does not exist |
infuriate | to make very angry, enrage |
motivate | to provide with a reason for doing; to push on to some goal or course of action |
pacifist | one . who is against war or the use of violence; opposing war on violence |
queue | a line of people waiting for something; to form such a line |
restrict | to keep with set limits; to confine |
sage | wise; a very wise person |
slake | to satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end |
ovation | an enthusiastic public welcome, an outburst of applause |
petty | unimportant, trivial; narrow-minded; secondary in rank, minor |
plight | a sorry condition or state; to pledge, promise solemnly |
repent | to feel sorry for what one has done or failed to do |
reverie | a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought |
revocation | an act or insurance of calling back, an annulment, cancelation |
scan | to examine closely; to look over quickly |
eerie | causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious |
facet | on 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 | a brawl, a noisy quarrel, to wear away by rubbing |
headstrong | willful, stubborn |
inhabitant | one living, permanently in a given place |
numb | having lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of , to to lose feeling |
pacify | to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
ravenous | greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction |
refute | to prove incorrect |
remorse | deep and painful regret for ones past misdeads, pangs of conscious |
setback | something that interferes with progress, a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat, a step like recession in a wall |
smug | |
synopsis | |
tarry | |
agenda | the program for a meeting; a list, outline, |
amiable | friendly |
befuddle | to confuse |
blight | a disease that causes plants to wither and die |
boisterous | rough and noisy in a cheerful way |
clarity | clearness, accuracy |
compliant | willing to do what some else wants |
conserve | to preserve; to keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted, to save |
debut | a first public appearance, a formal entrance into society; to make a first appearance |
gory | marked by bloodshed, slaughter, or violence |
gross | overweight; course, vulgar; very noticeable; total; an overall total; twelve dozen, to earn |
induce | to cause, bring about, to persuade |
leeway | extra space for moving along a certain route; allowance for mistakes or inaccuracies; margin of error |
limber | flexible; to cause to become flexible |
maze | a network of paths through which it is hard to find ones way; something very mixed up and confusing |
oracle | someone or something that can predict the future |
partisan | a strong supporter of a person, party, or cause; one whose support is unreasoning; a resistance fighter; guerilla |
reimburse | to pay back; to give payment for |
vacate | to go away from, leave empty; to make empty; to void, annul |
vagabond | an idle wanderer; a tramp; wandering, irresponsible |
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