Vocabulary, Chapter 7
Terms
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- Metropolis
- a large city; the chief city of an area
- Momentous
- very important
- Obstreperous
- noisy; unruly, disorderly
- Pensive
- thoughtful; melancholy
- Perilous
- dangerous
- Shoddy
- of poor quality; characterized by inferior, dishonest workmanship
- Sprightly
- lively, full of life, spicy, flavorful
- Surly
- angry and bad-tempered; rude
- Tirade
- a long, angry speech; usually a speech that is very critical
- Vagrant
- a idle wanderer, tramp
- Adieu
- a farewell
- Advent
- an arrival; a coming into a place or view
- Apex
- The highest point or view
- Assimilate
- to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
- Bogus
- false, counterfeit
- Exorbitant
- unreasonably high; excessive
- Interim
- the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time
- Inundate
- to flood, overflow, to wverwhelm by numbers or size
- Malign
- to speak evil of; slander, be evil
- Meander
- to wander about; wind about