Here is the complete list of vocabulary words you will need to know for the vocab quiz on Feb. 20th:
- placid (adj):
peaceful; calm
- punctually (adv):
on time; not late
- bewildered (adj):
confused
- congeal (verb):
to clot; to solidify; to coagulate
- console (verb):
to comfort someone who is sad or upset
- trifle (noun):
an item of little value or importance
- luxuriate (verb):
to enjoy a self-indulgent delight
- well (verb):
(of a liquid) rise to the surface and spill; (of an emotion) become more
intense
- hysterically (adv):
laughing or crying intensely for a prolonged period of time
- exasperated (adj):
irritated intensely; infuriated
- desolation (noun)
- devastation, ruin, barrenness, dreariness, depopulation
- refuge (n)
- a place of safety
- vernacular (n)
- plain, everyday ordinary language of a specific place
- rear (verb)
- when an animal goes up on its hind legs
- obliquely (adverb)
- indirectly, evasively, coming at an angle and not straight on
- divert (v)
- to change direction or redirect attention
- perversion (n)
- a change from what is natural and normal to what is unnatural and abnormal
- exquisite (adjective)
- special beauty or charm, intense feeling such as pleasure or pain
- indomitable (adj)
- unbeatable, cannot be conquered
- lacerated (v)
- savagely cut or sliced, mangled/jagged/torn
- propinquity(n)
- nearness (in place, relationship, or time)
- inimical (adj)
- harmful, hostile, unfriendly
- ochre (noun/adjective)
- yellow/orange earth or pigments, yellow/orange colour
- trussed (v)
- tied tightly, bound up to prevent movement
- fleece (noun)
- the soft, woolly hair of a sheep
- contemptuously (adv) - behaving as if others are inferior or useless
- conspiratorial (adj) – describing two or more people joining together secretly to plan
something harmful
- indignant (adj) - being upset about an injustice
- smart (verb) - to sting or produce a sharp pain
- clamber (verb) - climbing with difficulty, using hands and feet
