Unit 1 Reading Vocab
Terms
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- fiasco
- n.: Complete failure
- debut
- n.: First performance in public
- clamor
- n.: Loud, sustained noise
- malady
- n.: Illness; disease
- iridescent
- adj.: Shimmering with colors; having shifting rainbow colors, like a soap bubble
- commotion
- n.: Noisy rushing about
- prestigious
- adj.: Having an impressive reputation
- arched
- adj.: Curved
- bog
- n.: Small marsh or swamp
- assume
- v.: Believe to be a fact
- mesmerizing
- adj.: Hypnotizing
- reproach
- n.: Disgrace; blame
- anguish
- n.: Great suffering; agony
- console
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v.: Comfort; make less sad
- protruded
- v.: Stuck out; extended
- grieved
- adj.: Saddened; overcome by grief
- premium
- n.: Additional charge
- uncanny
- adj.: Strange; eerie
- epidemic
- n.: Outbreak of a contagious disease
- remedy
- n.: Medicine or treatment that cures illness
- enthralled
- v.: Fascinated; charmed
- conspired
- v.: Planned together secretly
- loaf
- v.: Spend time idly
- psychiatrist
- noun used as adj.: Medical doctor specializing in illnesses of the mind
- cherished
- adj.: Beloved; valued
- prodigious
- adj.: Amazing
- destination
- n.: The place to which something is being sent
- intrigue
- n.: Curiosity and interest
- evidently
- adv.: Clearly; obviously
- afflicted
- v.: Received pain or suffering
- queried
- v.: Asked
- dejectedly
- adv.: Sadly; showing discouragement
- vanity
- n.: The quality of being very proud of one's appearance
- ordained
- v.: Ordered; decreed
- prodigy
- n.: Child of unusually high talent
- hissing
- adj.: Making a sound like a prolonged s
- tourniquets
- n.: Devices used to stop bleeding in an emergency, as a bandage tightly twisted to stop the flow of blood
- objective
- n.: Goal
- currency
- n.: Money
- devastated
- v.: Destroyed; completely upset
- content
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adj.: Happy enough
- incorporate
- v.: Form into a legal business
- forlorn
- adj.: Alone and miserable
- eminent
- adj.: Distinguished or outstanding
- strife
- n.: Trouble; conflict; struggle
- banish
- v.: Send away; exile
- equal
- adj.: Of the same amount
- sauciness
- n.: Liveliness; boldness; spirit
- tiered
- adj.: Stacked in rows
- rouge
- n.: Reddish cosmetic used to color cheeks