Gaby SETIABUDI
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
February 16, 2016
Vocab 2/16/15
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
February 16, 2016
Vocab 2/16/15
- Reluctantly (189)
- Adj. Loath, averse describe disinclination toward something
- They were reluctantly doing their chores
- Sulked (103)
- Adj. Mopping around, depressed
- The group of people sulked because they didn’t get free food
- Tassel (103)
- Noun. Pendant ornament consisting of a bunch of threads
- She was desperate for a tassel when she paid nearly a grand
- Heady (122)
- Adj. Intoxicating
- The alcohol made them all heady once they arrived
- Adj. Intoxicating
- Denoted (118)
- Aaj. To mark, indicate
- The set of footprints left a denoted guess that he was there
- Cowardice (90)
- Adj. The act of being a coward
- The haunted house made me and others become a cowardice
- Curtness (134)
- Adj. Rudely brief in speech
- The sudden curtness made everyone remember what had happened
- Ominous (146)
- Aaj. Good or bad mysterious luck
- They were feeling an ominous vibe going around the house
- Succinct (151)
- Expressed in a clear and sort way
- The tone of voice made the story more succinct
- Tenet (177)
- Doctrine or principle or position held as a philosophy
- The tenet helped the judge based on the principles
- Arid (185)
- Aaj. Extremely dry
- The Sahara desert is one of the most hot and humid places in the world
- Perspire (205)
- V. To sweat
- Excessive exercise made me perspire excessively
- Demurred (209)
- Voice opposition
- The demurred opinion lead to their death later in the years
- Predicament (195)
- Aaj. A hypothesis, or guess based upon experience
- They had a predicament that this would happen beforehand
- Connivance (165)
- Adj. Knowing something bad will happen and allowing it
- The hatred left in her body made her have more connivance
- Lapses (122)
- To fall from a previous level or standard
- The team that had lapses to a lower standard after their loses
- Bewildered (71)
- Aaj. Crazy, wild
- The child was extremely bewildered at the party then passed out
- Appalling (115)
- V. To fill or overcome with horror
- The only way to get rid of hiccups is to appall by fear
- Warily (132)
- Aaj. Hesitantly to a decision
- I warily walked into the dark room just like what people do in horror movies
- Solicitor (166)
- N. Legal practitioner dealing with matters in jurisdictions
- The solicitor came and called the next person in line at court