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Level A Unit 2
Vocabulary Workshop Level A Unit 2
Question | Answer |
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adverse | adj. unfavorable, negative; working against |
arid | (adj.) extremely dry; uninteresting |
assailant | (n.) a person who attacks violently |
billow | (n.) a large wave; (v.) to rise or swell like a wave |
confront | (v.) to meet face-to-face |
constrain | (V.) to force, compel; to restrain |
contemporary | (adj.) belonging to the same period of time as oneself; (n.) a person of the same time |
depict | (v.) to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture |
disinterested | (adj.) fair minded, free from selfish motives |
encompass | (v.) to encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class |
Groundless | (adj.) without any good reason or cause, unjustified |
hypocrite | (n) a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is |
incomprehensible | (adj.) impossible to understand |
manipulate | (v.) to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for personal gain or advantage |
maximum | (n) the greatest possible amount or degree; (adj.) reaching the greatest possible amount or degree |
mimic | (n) a person who does imitations (v.) to imitate |
ruffle | (v.) to wrinkle, make uneven; to annoy, upset; to flip through; (n.) a gathered strip of material |
serene | (adj.) peaceful, calm; free of emotional upset |
sheepish | (adj.) embarrassed; resembling a sheet in meekness, timid |
stamina | (n.) the strength needed to keep going or overcome physical or mental strain; staying power |