Unit 5 Vocab Flashcards
Acute
With a sharp point, keen and alert; sharp and severe
SYN: clever, penetrating
Bluster
To talk in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is loud
SYN: spout, rant, brag
Bungle
To act or work clumsily; to ruin something through clumsiness
SYN: Blunder, mess up
Commentary
A series of notes clarifying or explaining something
SYN: Explanation, narration, description
Duration
Length of time that something continues
Eerie
Causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
SYN: frightening, spooky, creepy
Facet
Aspect or side of a story or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem
SYN: angle, characteristic, factor
Fidelity
The state of being faithful, accuracy in details, exactness
SYN: loyalty, faithfulness
Fray
A brawl, noisy quarrel; to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate
SYN: scuffle, unravel
Headstrong
Willful, stubborn
SYN: Obstinate, mulish
Inhabitant
One living permanently in a given place
SYN: resident, native
Numb
Having lost the feeling of power and movement; to cause to lose feeling
SYN: deaden, unfeeling
Pacify
To make peaceful or calm, to soothe
SYN: placate, mollify
Ravenous
Greedy, very hungry
SYN: starved, voracious
Refute
To prove incorrect
SYN: disprove
Remorse
Deep and painful regret for one’s past
SYN: Guilt
Setback
Something that interferes with progress, a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat
SYN: Failure
Smug
Over self-satisfied; self-righteous
SYN: conceited, complacent
Synopsis
A brief statement giving a general view of some subject or book, a summary
SYN: outline, digest
Tarry
To delay leaving; to linger; wait; remain or stay a while
SYN: dawdle