Across five Aprils vocab ch5-8 Flashcards
A group or collection, a very large one
Passel
To overcome with shock or dismay
Appalled
To make cheerful, Mary, or lively; to invigorate or stimulate
Exhilarated
That cannot be avoided or evaded; certain to happen
Inevitably
Uncertain; insecure; not secure well
Precariously
Having the quality of decision; showing determination or firmness
Decisive
Something said or done to inspire confidence; as a promise, positive statement; guarantee
Assurance
To drive completely away; disappear
Dissipate
A northerner synthesizes with the South at the time of the Civil War: so-called in the north
Copperhead
Hard to see or perceive: attracting little attention
Inconspicoius
Having or showing a clever or crude mind: cut; crafty; wily
Astute
Cutting or sarcastic in utterance; biting
Caustically
Ground or tractive ground; with regard to it’s natural or Toponga full features or fitness for some use
Terrain
Extreme disgust, shock, or repugnance feeling of great loathing
Revulsion
To struggle awkwardly to move, as in deep mud or snow
Floundered
Increasingly intensity of sounds by sympathetic vibration
Resonance
Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful or sad
Plaintive
A wet, boggy ground yielding underfoot
Quagmire
A final offer or demand by one of the parties in a negotiation
Ultimatum
Calm, serene, peaceful; free from disturbance
Tranquil
Scattered, to scatter about
Dissipate
Hoarse, rough sounding
Raucous
Easily cheated or tricked
Gullibility
A feeling of embarrassment and annoyance because one has failed urban disappointed
Chagrin
A person accused of a crime or offense
Culprit
Active ill will; desire to harm another or do mischief
Malice
Uprightness of character; honest
Integrity
Any expression of approval or praise
Plaudits
Persistent; stubborn
Tenacious
Awkward or incompetent; not suitable
Inept
To fall or drop straight downward; plunge
Plummeted
Not well known; not famous
Obscurity
To advise against
Dissuaded
