Of Beetles vocab 5
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- dwarf
- an imaginary creature that looks like a small man 101
- treacherous
- someone that cannot be trusted because they are not loyal and secretly intend to harm you, something dangerous 101
- cringe
- to move away from someone or something because you are afraid 102
- dependence
- when you depend on the help and support of someone or something else in order to exist or be successful 96
- haze
- the feeling of being very confused and unable to think clearly 103
- siren
- a piece of equipment that makes very loud warning sounds, used on police cars, fire engines etc 101
- glaucoma
- an eye disease in which increased pressure inside your eye gradually makes you lose your sight 95
- transform
- to completely change the appearance, form, or character of something or someone, especially in a way that improves it 95
- vigor
- physical or mental energy and determination 97
- debris
- the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed in an accident, explosion etc 100
- demonstrate
- to show or prove something clearly 100
- deteriorate
- to become worse 106
- smokescreen
- something that you do or say to hide your real plans or actions 103
- stitch
- to sew the edges of a wound or two pieces of cloth 95
- yearn
- to have a strong desire for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to get 102
- regardless
- without being affected or influenced by something 96
- metamorphosis
- a process in which something changes completely into something very different [= transformation] 104
- culprit
- the person who is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong 97
- financial
- relating to money or the management of money 96
- diabetes
- a serious disease in which there is too much sugar in your blood 97
- litter
- waste paper, cans etc that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public place 100
- hobble
- to walk with difficulty 98
- cataract
- a medical condition that causes the LENS of your eye to become white, so that you slowly lose your sight 95
- eccentric
- behaving in a way that is unusual and different from most people 103
- fellowship
- a feeling of friendship resulting from shared interests or experiences 102
- paranoid
- believing unreasonably that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion of you 97