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Vocab Book B Unit 4
Question | Answer |
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fruitless | (adj.) not producing the desired results, unsuccessful |
void | (adj.) completely empty; having no legal force of effect (n.) empty or unfilled space (v.) to cancel or nullify |
alliance | (n.) a joining together for some common purpose |
wayward | (adj.) disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious |
sodden | (adj.) soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless |
buffoon | (n.) a clown; a coarse, stupid person |
spirited | (adj.) full of life and vigor; courageous |
bewilder | (v.)to puzzle completely, confuse |
controversial | (adj.) arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
inflammable | (adj.) easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused |
wince | (v.) to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear (n.) the act of drawing back in this way |
scurry | (v.) to run quickly, scamper, hurry |
inflict | (v.)to give or cause something unpleasant, impose |
dishearten | (v.) to discourage |
hostile | (adj.)unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggresive |
malignant | (adj.) deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious |
orthodox | (adj.) in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things |
mortify | (v.) to hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrasment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering |
virtual | (adj.) having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing |
procure | (v.) to obtain through special effort; to bring about |