English Quiz 1 8th grade
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Dexterity | readiness and grace in physical activity, especially with your hands |
| Implore | to beg urgently or piteously for aid, mercy, or pardon |
| Charismatic | possessing a personal charm that inspires loyalty and enthusiasm in others |
| Perpetual | lasting a long time; everlasting |
| Incessant | going on without stopping or in a way that seems endless |
| Mesmerize | to hypnotize, spellbind, or fascinate; to compel by fascination |
| Accentuate | to give emphasis to (pronounce with accent) |
| Exhilarate | to make some one feel great excitement |
| Astutue | to be quick to understand matters of inteligence |
| pretense | the act of giving a false appearance |
| detrimental | obivously harmful |
| resolute | firm in purpose or belief |
| Enhance | increase |
| skeptical | not easily convinced; having doughts |
| ecstatic | very enthusiastic about something |
| Adamant | refusing to be pursuaded or change ones side |
| assessment | the evaluation or estimation of ability of someone or something |
| utopian | aiming for a state which somthing seems perfect |
| wrath | violent anger/ rage |
| compliance | the art of being in agreement with rules |
| espouse | to take a position and state this position publicaly |
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