vocab. #6
if you have mrs. sommer or mr. cross then heres our most recent [11.27.07] vocabulary words. this flashcard thing TOTALLY works i used it and got a 100 on my last test!!
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- retentive
- able to hold, keep, or recall; retaining knowledge easily
- anguish
- great mental suffering, distress, or pain; to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow.
- defect
- an imperfection, flaw, or blemish of some kind; to desert a cause or organization
- rehabilitate
- to make over in good from; to restore to good condition or to a former position
- pseudonym
- a pen name, name assumed by a writer
- ostracize
- to exclude from a group, banish, send away
- bask
- to be in, or expose oneself to, pleasent warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from
- articulate
- to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system; able to use language effectively; expressed clearly anand forcefully
- genial
- cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm
- abashed
- embarrased, ashamed, or nonplussed
- instill
- to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in
- repercussion
- an effect or consequence of some action or event, result; an echo or reveberation
- flaunt
- to wave or flutter showily; to display in an offensive way
- premonition
- forewarning or foreboding of a future event
- resolute
- bold, determined; firm
- purge
- to wash away impurities, clean up; process of getting rid of something/someone decisively
- aloof
- withdrawn, standing apart from others (usually as a matter of choice)
- scapegoat
- a person or thing carrying the blame for others
- finesse
- delicate skill,cleverness; to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgment, or skillful evasion
- forthright
- frank, direct, straightforward