Vocab. Gr. 6
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cameronc51 on March 12, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 skulk | VERB: to move in a sneaky, secretive manner |
| specious | ADJECT: tempting, but false and misleading |
| sporadic | ADJECT: occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order; off-and-on |
| spurious | ADJECT: falsified, fake and thus not genuine |
| staid | ADJECT: marked by self-restraint, dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct |
| stanch | VERB: to stop the flow of a fluid (esp. blood from a ) |
| strident | ADJECT: loud, harsh-sounding |
| suffuse | VERB: to spread over or thru, |
| talisman | NOUN: an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| torpor | NOUN: inactivity resulting from lack of energy |
| ubiquitous | AJDECT: present everywhere; pervasive |
| usurp | VERB: to illegally seize power, property, or position |
| vacuous | ADJECT: having a lack of intelligence, ideas, meaning |
| venal | ADJECT: capable or being bought or influenced by money |
| wan | ADJECT: lacking strength; showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness |
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