Wordsmart Chapter 5 Week 4
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 prosaic | adj. matter-of-fact and unoriginal |
| malignant | adj. dangerous or harmful |
| captivated | adj. to have one's attention held fully by something or someone |
| exhaust | v. to drain of strength; to completely use up |
| matriarch | n. the female head of a family or group |
| revered | v. to regard with respect |
| media | n. the means of communication, such as newspapers, television, or radio, that supplies information to a wide amount of people |
| propaganda | n. information deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution |
| repent | v. to feel sorry about a past action |
| immune | adj. insusceptible to harm |
| motive | n. something that encourages a person to act in a certain way; an incentive |
| jovial | adj. characterized by good humor; having a sense of lively joy |
| guile | n. cunning or crafty deception |
| persecuted | v. annoyed or harassed consistently |
| prose | n. the ordinary form of written and spoken language |
| pending | adj. awaiting decision; unfinished |
| laceration | n. a cut or wound |
| heave | v. to throw with force |
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