Language Arts Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
Become less intense or widespread
A
Abate
2
Q
Delicately small and pretty
A
Dainty
3
Q
Not even or regular in pattern or
movement; unpredictable
A
Erratic
4
Q
Lean and haggard, especially
because of suffering, hunger, or
age
A
Gaunt
5
Q
Extract (information) from
various; collect gradually and
bit by bit
A
Glean
6
Q
Overwhelm someone with
things or people to be dealt
with
A
Inundate
7
Q
(Of a person or their manner)
lacking energy or enthusiasm
A
Listless
8
Q
Long existence or service
A
Longevity
9
Q
To give way to a superior force;
yield
A
Succumb
10
Q
A slender threadlike appendage of a
climbing plant, often growing in a spiral
form, that stretches out and twines
around any support (think a vine);
something resembling a plant tendril,
such as a curl or ringlet of hair
A
Tendril
