Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Vocab 6 Basic Definitions

7TH GRADE VOCABULARY LIST 6

Test on Friday, November 22, 2013

Chapters 3-4 of The Pearl

1. furtive = secretive


2. consecrate to make holy / to bless


3. brooding = gloomy, moping


4. estuary = an inlet of water– with partial exposure to the open sea


5. cozened (past tense verb)= to trick or deceive


6. countenance = face


7. ramparts= a fort, bastion, bulwark


8. benign = harmless, kind


9. contemptuous = scornful, disrespectful


10. coagulating = thickening, congealing


11. defied (past tense for defy) = disobeyed


12. lethargy (n) / = laziness, fatigue, exhaustion

lethargic (adj.) = lazy, fatigued exhausted,

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