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Washington Irving Vocabulary - App. Eng. - (copy)

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IDLE - adjectivenot working; not active; worthless; useless;lazy
ALLY -nounsomeone on your side; someone united with another; a friend
ANTIQUE - adjectiveancient; belonging to the past; old-fashioned
BEWILDER - verbto confuse or puzzle entirely
CONTENTMENT - nounmodest satisfaction; happiness with what one has; ease of mind
DESPAIR - nounloss of hope; depression; feeling of being defeated; hopelessness
DREAD - verbto fear greatly; to feel extreme reluctance to meet face to face
GRAVE - adjectiveserious; solemn or somber; threatening harm or danger
TOIL - verbto work hard and long; to put in great effort
VIGIL - nounan act of wakeful watching
MEEK - adjectivegentle; mild; without spirit or courage
MISCHIEF - nounharm or trouble; a cause of minor injury or annoyance
PRECEDE - verbto come before
RECOLLECT - verbto remember; to recall to mind
STOUT - adjectivethick or bulky in figure; solid and heavy
CONQUEST - nounthe act of winning something; victory
DILIGENT - adjectivehard-working
DROWSY - adjectiveready to fall asleep
HAUNT - verbto visit or appear often in the form of a ghost; to reappear constantly
LINGER -verbto remain; to put off leaving
RUSTIC - adjectivehaving to do with the country; unsophisticated
SPECTER - nouna ghost or phantom
SPECULATE - verbto guess; to come up with a theory
SUFFICIENT - adjectiveenough to accomplish a purpose; as much as needed
SUPERSTITION - nouna belief based on faith in magic rather than reason
PERCEIVE - verbto become aware of; to observe
VICINITY - nounthe area near or about a place; surrounding area
PSALM - nouna sacred song; a hymn for church
QUEST - nounto search to find something; an adventure by a knight
RIVAL - nouna competitor; someone who tries to equal or outdo another


Special Education Teacher
Clements High School
Sugar Land, TX

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