unit 4 vocab
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calmckinney on October 2, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliance | a joining together for some common purpose |
| bewilder | to puzzle completely, confuse |
| buffoon | a clown; a coarse, stupid person |
| controversial | arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
| dishearten | to discourage |
| fruitless | not producing the desired results, unseccessful |
| hostile | unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, agressive |
| inflammable | easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused |
| inflict | to give or cause something unpleasant, impose |
| malignant | deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |
| mortify | to hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self denial or suffering |
| orthodox | in agreement established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |
| procure | to obtain through special effort; to bring about |
| scurry | to run quickly, scamper, hurry |
| sodden | soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless |
| spirited | full of life and vigor; courageous |
| virtual | having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing |
| void | completely empty; having no legal force or effect; empty or infilled space; to cancel or nulify |
| wayward | disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious |
| wince | to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; the act of drawing back in this way |
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