Vocabulary Workshop Level A Unit 5
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gymbugstar2 on October 8, 2008
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acute | with a sharp point;keen and alert |
| bluster | to talk or act in noisy and threatening way;to blow in stormy gusts;(n) speech that is loud and threatening |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness |
| commentary | a series of notes clarifying or explaining something;an express of an opinion |
| duration | the length of time that something continues or lasts |
| eerie | causing fear because or strangeness;weird,mysterious |
| facet | one aspect or side or a subject or problem;one of the cut surfaces on a gem |
| fidelity | the sate of being faithful;accuracy in details, exactness |
| fray | a brawl, a noisy quarrel;(v) to wear away by rubbing;make ragged or worn;to strain or irritate |
| headstrong | willful, stubborn |
| inhabitant | one living permanently in a given place |
| numb | having lost the power of feeling or movement;(v)to dull the feelilng of;to loose feeling of |
| pacify | to make peaceful or calm; to soothe |
| ravenous | greedy; very hungry; eager to satisfaction |
| refute | to prove incorrect |
| remorse | deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds;panges of conscience |
| setback | something that interferes with progress;a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat;a step like recession recession in a wall |
| smug | overly self-satisfied, self-tighteous |
| synopsis | a brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, ect.; a summary |
| tarry | to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain ot stay for a while |
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