Wordly Wise 8
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- casualty
- A person killed or injured in a war or accident
- smolder
- To burn slowly without bursting into flames.
- negligent
- Failing to take proper care of
- acrid
- Sharp, irritating, or bitter to hte sense of taste or smell.
- initiate
- To put into effect; to take in as a member.
- irate
- Very angry; furious.
- throng
- A large number of people gathered together; a crowd
- impede
- To get in the way of,
- congested
- Overcrowded; filled with fluid
- stringent
- Strict; severe
- inevitable
- Bound to happen; unavoidable.
- cope
- To manage problems or difficulties successfully.
- hurtle
- To move with great force and speed.
- headlong
- With great speed or force; reckless; without time for careful thoughtl
- lax
- Not strictly enforced; not tight.