grade 7 lesson 8
wordly wise lesson 8, grade 7
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- acrid
- adj. sharp, irritating, or bitter to the sense of taste or smell.
- casualty
- n. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
- congested
- adj. 1. overcrowded; filled too full. 2. filled with fluid.
- cope
- v. to manage problems or difficulties successfully.
- impede
- v. to get in the way of; to interfere with the movement of.
- negligent
- adj. failing to take proper care of or to give proper attention to.
- inevitable
- adj. bound to happen; unavoidable.
- lax
- adj. 1. not strictly enforced; undemanding; careless. 2. not tight; loose.
- throng
- n. a large number of people gathered together; a crowd.
- stringent
- adj. 1. strict; severe
- smolder
- v. 1. to burn slowly without bursting into flames. 2. to exist in a hidden state before bursting into the open.
- irate
- adj. very angry; furious.
- headlong
- adj. with great speed or force; reckless.
- initiate
- v. 1. to put into effect; to bring into use. 2. to take in as a member.
- hurtle
- v. to move with great force and speed.