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vocab cards unit 5
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Language - English
6th Grade
11/30/2011

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Term
acute
Definition

adj: with a sharp point; keen and alert

syn:clever

ant: dull,blunted

sen: the guard was acute and caught the sneaker.

Term
bluster
Definition

v or n

v- to talk or act in a noisy or threatning way

n- speeh that ius loud and threatning

syn:v- spou, rant

sen:the president's speech seemed like a bluster.

Term
bungle
Definition

      v- to rui something through clumsiness

syn:blunder, botch

sen: Why did you bungle my proect?

Term
commentary
Definition

n-series of notes clarifying something

syn:explanation, remarks, review

sen: After the commentary he understood all about the book. 

Term
duration
Definition

n- the length of time something lasts

sen: The duration for his cheese had passed by before he even opened the pack.

 

Term
eerie
Definition

adj- causing fear because of strangeness

syn: spooky, creepy

sen: Because of the eerie Tom fainted.

Term
facet
Definition

n-one aspect of a problem; one of the cut surface of a jem

syn: angle, characteristic, factor, element, cut

sen: The judge herd both facet before deciding the bus driver was guilty.

Term
fidelity
Definition

n- state of being faithful

syn- loyalty

ant:disloyalty

sen: The king awarded the knight for his fidelity.

Term
fray
Definition

n- a brawl v- to wear away by rubbing; to stain

syn: n- scuffle v- unravel

sen: He frayed his shirt by sliding into the mud. 

Term
headstrong
Definition

adj- willful

syn: mulish

ant: obedient

sen: He was so headstrong that he accidently let go of the football before aiming.

Term
inhabitant
Definition

n- one living permanently in a given place

syn:native

ant: visitor, outsider

sen: I don't think his uncle is a inhabitant.

Term
numb
Definition

adj-power losing feeling v- to dull

syn- adj- dazed v- deaden

ant adj- alert, sensitive

sen: Tim numbed all the other people in the building.

Term
pacify
Definition

v- to soothe

syn: molify

ant: anger, arouse

sen: If you can't pacify other people then just keep quite is what Bob's dad said.

Term
raveneous
Definition

adj- greedy ; very hungry

syn: famished, starved

ant: satisfied

sen: He was so ravenous that him eating made the restaurant  run out of food.

 

Term
refute
Definition

v- to prove incorrect

syn: rebut, disprove

ant: prove confirm, support

sen: The oppenent outsmarted him and Tim was refuted.

Term

remorse

 

Definition

n- deep and painful regretfor someone's past misdeeds.

syn: guilt

ant: guiltlessness

sen: he's remorse was not studying English.

Term
setback
Definition

n-something that interferes with the progress

syn: failure

ant: advance, gain

sen: There were too much setbacks that I went throughwhile doing my homework.

Term
smug
Definition

adj- overly self-satisfied

syn: complacement

ant:disgrunted

sen:He was so smug even though he messed uo so many times.

Term
sypnopsis
Definition

n- brief statement giving general view of a subject

syn:outline, abstract

sen: I love synopsis because its a good review for topics.

 

 

Term
tarry
Definition

v- delay leaving

syn: dally

ant: rush, leave

sen: I was tarrying to get home late on report card day.

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