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voc unit 5 Level A
Word | Definition |
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acute | (adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert |
bluster | (v) to talk or act in an noisy or threatening way (n) speech that is loud and threatening |
bungle | (v) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
commentary | (n) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something |
duration | (n) the length of time that something continues |
eerie | (adj) causing fear because of strangeness |
facet | (n) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem |
fidelity | (n) the state of being faithful; exactness |
fray | (n) a noisy quarrel (v) to wear away by rubbing |
headstrong | (adj) willful, stubborn |
inhabitant | (n) one living permanently in a given place |
numb | (adj) having loss of power of feeling or movement (v) to dull the feelings of |
pacify | (v) to make peaceful or calm to sooth |
ravenous | (adj) greedy very hungry |
refute | (v) to prove incorrect |
remorse | (n) deep painful regret for ones past misdeeds |
setback | (n) something that interferes with progress |
smug | (adj) overly self satisfied |
synopsis | (n) a summery |
tarry | (v) to delay leaving; to linger; to wait |