- conceal (v): to hide from view
- dash (v): to throw something against the floor or a wall
- drawback (n): a negative quality
- imp (n): a small fiend; a naughty little child
- meddle (v): to interfere in other people's business
- particle (n): a small fragment of a larger thing
- prolong (v): to extend the duration of something
- slay (v): to kill
- temper (v): to harden by heating and then cooling
- utter (v): to say
- aggravate (v): to irritate or annoy
- bellow (v): to yell
- hardhearted (adj): unfeeling or unmoved by others' pain
- inclined (adj): likely to do something
- rile (v): annoy; anger
- sprawl (v): to lie with arms and legs spread out
- swagger (v): to walk with extreme confidence or arrogance
- tormentor (n): one who inflicts pain on another
- trademark (n): a stamp of authenticity
- vice (n): illegal or grossly immoral conduct
- affliction (n): physical or mental distress
- compassion (n): pity or sympathy for the suffering of others
- despise (v): hate
- dungeon (n): a prison cell usually located underground
- lash (n): a whip
- passport (n): an official document of identification that allows one to travel abroad
- plank (n): a board
- refuge (n): a place of safety
- repentant (adj): full of remorse for a past sin
- salvation (n): the act of being saved from harm or destruction; the saving of a soul from deliverance of sin
Monday, February 19, 2018
Communications 11/12
There will be a quiz on Wednesday on fragments and run-on sentences. Also, the rewrites of your business letters are due on Wednesday. Next Monday, Feb. 26, there will be a vocabulary test on the following words:
