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Unit 5 Vocab--Level A
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
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| acute | (adj.)with a sharp point, keen and alert, sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time (syn.) clever, penetrating (ant.) dull, blunted, mikld, stupid, obtuse |
| bluster | (v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way, to blow in stormy gusts (n.) speech that is loud and threatening (syn.) (v.) spout, rant, brag, swagger (n.) bravado |
| bungle | (v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness (syn.) blunder, botch, mess up |
| commentary | (n.) a series of notes, clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion (syn.) explanation, remarks, narration, description, account, review, analysis |
| duration | (n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | (adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious (syn.) frightening, spooky, creepy |
| facet | (n.) one aspect or side of a subject of problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem (syn.) angle, characteristic, factor, element, cut |
| fidelity | (n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness (syn.) loyalty, faithfulness (ant.) disloyalty, treachery, inexactness |
| fray | (n.) a brawl, noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate (syn.) (n.) scuffle; (v.) unravel |
| headstrong | (adj.) willful, stubborn (syn.) obstinate, mulish, unruly (ant.) obedient, docile, submissive |
| inhabitant | (n.) one living permanently in a given place (syn.) resident, native, occupant, tenant |
| numb | (adj.) having lost power of feeling or movenment; (v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling (syn.) (adj.) unfeeling, insensible, dazed; (v.) deaden (ant.) (adj.) sensitive, alert |
| pacify | (v.) to make peaceful or calm, to soothe (syn.) mollify, placate (ant.) anger, arouse, stir up, foment, ignite |
| ravenous | (adj.) greedy, very hungry; eager for satisfaction (syn.) starved, famished voracious, wolfish (ant.) not hungry, well-fed, satisfied, satiated |
| refute | (v.) to prove incorrect (syn.)disprove, rebut (ant.) prove, support, confirm, corroborate |
| remorse | (n.) deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience (syn.) guilt (ant.) clear conscience, guitlessness |
| setback | (n.) somethign that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall (syn.) failure, reversal (ant.) advance, gain, progress, triumph |
| smug | (adj.) overly self-satisfied; self-righteous (syn.) conceited, complacent (ant.) discontented, disgruntled |
| synopsis | (n.) a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc.; a summary (syn.) outline, disgest, abstract |
| tarry | (v.) to delay leaving, to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while (syn.) dawdle, dally (an.t) rush, hasten, leave, depart |
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