 |
Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
 |
|
Short Story Unit Vocabulary
|
| A | B |
|---|
| annihilate | destroy |
| antipathy | hatred |
| audible | capable of being heard |
| bibliophile | one who loves books |
| cajole | to coax |
| caprice | whim; done without thought |
| cleaving | separating |
| complacent | smug |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| concussion | powerful impact |
| conspicuous | obvious |
| contrivance | planned in a sneaky way |
| deft | skillful |
| denizens | inhabitants |
| devious | indirect |
| diffuse | spread out |
| discerned | recognized |
| dubious | doubtful |
| ethereal | light |
| filial | pertaining to a son or daughter |
| illiterate | uneducated |
| illusory | not real |
| immutable | incapable of being changed |
| increments | small increases |
| indiscriminately | randomly |
| ineffably | incapable of being described |
| infinite | endless |
| inured | accustomed to |
| irrevocable | irreversible |
| luminous | glowing |
| misanthropy | mistrust of others |
| pallid | pale |
| paramount | supreme |
| pedantically | as a teacher |
| pensive | thoughtful |
| plaintive | sad |
| ponderous | slow |
| posterity | future generations |
| profuse | abundance |
| prostrate | lying flat |
| proximity | nearness |
| quizzical | puzzled |
| recoil | draw back |
| renounce | reject |
| repugnant | offensive |
| reverie | daydream |
| sanctified | blessed |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| tumultuous | violent |
| unscrupulous | without ideas of right or wrong |
| zealously | enthusiastically |
| avert | prevent |
| imperceptible | not clear |
| insuperable | insurmountable |
| lethargy | lack of energy |
| lucid | clearheaded |
| ponder | think deeply |
| potent | powerful |
| apprehension | dread; fear |
|
|
|
|
|
|
English instructor |
Bentworth High School |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
