← Fall 2009 Vocab Export Options Alphabetize Word-Def Delimiter Tab Comma Custom Def-Word Delimiter New Line Semicolon Custom Data Copy and paste the text below. It is read-only. Select All Ample enough Community a group of people who live together or who share a common trait Defy to disobey Disillusioned when your naïve beliefs are proven wrong Evacuation when people are moved to a safer location to avoid a natural disaster Fierce aggressive, strong, and a little scary Galaxy a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. Groggy sleepy and confused Hector to bully Herbivore an animal that can only eat plants Lust strong physical attraction Mania obsession Maul to violently attack (by an animal) Muse to wonder, or an inspiration Parasite an animal that lives off of other animals without killing them Predatory hunting behavior Preposterous ridiculous Proportion a portion of something; a fraction or a ratio Rampage violent, out of control behavior Rouse to wake up Slew a lot Species a distinct classification of organism that is unlike any other organisms Supernova an exploding star Torment to cause great mental, emotional, and/or physical pain rank the position of a person in a group OR to put things in order frail physically weak due to old age, illness, and/or injury savvy having common sense or street smarts paradox something that seems like it shouldn't be true, but it is taxonomy a ranking or classification of animals, ideas, etc. legitimate authentic, genuine, and/or legal goad to irriate; to prod someone into doing something kamikaze Japanese suicide bombers during WWII drudgery boring, difficult work abiotic not-living biotic living resume to begin again; to continue livid really angry; furious pukka first-class; superior triskaidekaphobia an irrational fear of the number 13 cartilage tough connective tissue attached to bone compromise an agreement where both sides get some of what they want but also give up some of what they want ignite to start a fire diabolical evil misinterpret misunderstand scuttlebutt gossip claustrophobic intense, irrational fear of small spaces compression to be pressed engage to be interested and/or involved in something ovoviviparous producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body clarify To make clear or understandable osmosis diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane nostalgia longing for something past solder To join together by melting a metal; to fuse outlier a number in a set of data that is much larger or smaller than most of the other numbers in the set constipation difficulty going #2 stutter difficulty speaking and getting words out soy a food additive derived from the soybean spunk spirit; guts; determination spoof parody; making fun of something well-known and popular chauffeur someone paid to drive others in a private car Lilliputian someone short and small garrulous talkative sinewy strong, muscular and lean sternly seriously validation making someone feel respected and important seer a psychic; prophet; someone who can see the future toll a tax you pay to use a bridge or a road dowdy unfashionable gullible easily tricked; too trusting rare uncommon necessity something you need to survive privilege something you get to do that is NOT a right and CAN be taken away affable friendly;welcoming folly a foolish act enzyme a substance in the body that creates chemical changes, like digestion sketchy someone or something that appears immoral or illegal ventriloquist someone who speaks for and entertains with a puppet xenophobia fear of or discomfort with people or customs from other cultures/countries dreary gloomy; depressing dwindle to get smaller and smaller downsize to lay a bunch of workers off pauper a really poor person iridescent sparkly, colorful, brilliant prototype the original model of a new invention bankruptcy having debt and not being able to pay it off headstrong stubborn hookah a traditional Middle Eastern pipe vast huge quagmire a tricky, difficult situation pax peace hallucinate to hear, see, or feel things that aren't there jot to quickly write something down, like a note hoard to obsessively keep things you should throw away chassis the foundation of a car divine really, really good bliss extremely happy bolster to support handmaiden a female servant dinophobia fear of dizziness deer mouse a white-footed American mouse standoff a tie in a game or a conflict amathophobia fear of dust flibbertigibbit a ditz indictment officially being charged with a crime Mesozoic time period in which the dinosaurs lived catnip an herb that is attractive to cats guano a large accumulation of bird or bat poo eavesdrop to listen in on someone else's conversation