Vocab Week 10
Taut – Adjective (Taught)
· Having no give or slack
· Tightly drawn
· Not loose or flabby
Vehemently – Adverb (Veé-uh-ment-ly)
· Bitterly antagonistic
· Forcibly argumentative
· With anger or deep passion
Writhe – verb (Wry-thuh)
· to twist and turn
· To try and escape
· Movement when in agony or pain
Indelible – Adjective (In-DEHL-uh-ble)
· Cannot be washed away, removed or erased
· Powerful memories, unforgettable
Idiom – Noun (IH-dee-um)
· Phrase or speech peculiar to a certain part of the world
· Coded language only insiders can understand, very colloquial.
o She quit smoking cold turkey! He is the apple of my eye. He was all thumbs.
Spelling 10
Assimilated – Absorb into the system. Make the same
*Cohesive – Sticks together
Bellyache – upset tummy
Gnash – Rabid biting
Heartthrob – Taylor Lautner
Eavesdrop – Overhear
Auburn – Reddish
Procedure – process
Kerchief – Square of cloth
Environs – surrounding vicinity
Journal – Describe a first time you did something you had never done before. Waterskiing, Writing a research paper, Lifting weights, Going on a date (Better be high school only for this one! :-), failing a test, breaking a window, etc.
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