Period 4 should also be collecting vocabulary words and definitions for next Monday.
Periods 2 and 4, your ten vocabulary words for this week are as follows:
- abate (v): to reduce in amount or intensity; to "let up"
- algid (adj): cold or frozen
- phalanx (n): any closely grouped mass of people (usually used in military terms for groups of soldiers)
- bigot (n): a narrow-minded, prejudiced person
- dissident (n): person who opposes official policy
- immorality (n): wickedness--the opposite of scruples
- cantankerous (adj): bad tempered and uncooperative (older people are often called this whereas younger people are often called obstreperous)
- coerce (v): to force someone to action using physical force or threats
- vindictive (adj): an unreasonable desire for revenge (the opposite of magnanimous)
- demure (adj): quiet, modest, and reserved
- ramshackle (adj): messy, run-down appearance (especially of a building)
