On Wednesday, there will be a vocabulary quiz. These are vocabulary words taken from the stories we've read so far and you've completed sheets on them. I will also post them here:
- placid (adj): peaceful; calm
- punctually (adv): to be done on time; to be done promptly
- 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) to rise to the surface and spill; (of an emotion) to intensify
- hysterically (adv): done with wild, uncontrolled laughter or crying for an extended time period
- exasperated (adj): irritated intensely; frustrated; to be "at one's wit's end"
- to beam (v)—to smile broadly
- spry (adj)—active; lively (esp. an older person)
- conspicuous (adj)—obvious; glaringly apparent
- flag (v)--to lose strength or interest, to decline in intensity
- traipse (v)--to walk aimlessly or idly
- matriarch (noun) - an older woman who is powerful in a family, community or organization
- degraded (verb) - put down; loss of value over time
- grim (adjective) - looking harsh or stern
- infatuated (adj) - a foolish attraction
- indulgently (adverb) - kindly (as in a loving grandparent to a grandchild)
- negotiable (adj) - open for discussion
- proverbial (adj) - well known (as in a well-known proverb, or saying from a religious text)
- rapt (adj) - completely absorbed
- reprehensible (adj) - deserving to be criticized
- unduly (adv) - overly; to an unnecessary degree
