Sadlier-Oxford Level C Unit 9
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn
- apt
- in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
- awry
- a short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
- bludgeon
- to end resistance, give up surrender
- capitulate
- to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing
- chafe
- to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; to march in a single line or in cloumns a narrow passage
- defile
- dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
- dire
- charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion
- disarming
- in bad humor, discontented, annoyed
- disgruntled
- to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
- encroach
- to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality
- endow
- to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
- fend
- freedom from punishment
- impunity
- air, manner; appearance; expression
- mien
- having to do with punishment
- penal
- related to the matter at hand, to the point
- pertinent
- the greatest in strength or power; most common
- predominant
- something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent
- prodigy
- a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
- recluse
- fame, glory
- renown