9.5 English Vocabulary

cowardly and treacherous

• demented
• felonious
• ostentatious
• dastardly

inactive; unproductive

• jaded
• fallow
• elated
• pensive

a person who offers no thanks

• gist
• ogre
• ingrate
• denizen

the existing situation or state of affairs

• blight
• fruition
• status quo
• forum

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.2C

TEKS.ELA.E2.2C

TEKS.ELA.E3.2C

TEKS.ELA.E4.2C

to put in danger

• jeopardize
• gorge
• dally
• knead

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VII

TEKS.ELA.R.2E

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

to happen; to take place

• transpire
• animate
• cogitate
• obtrude

worn out; dulled, as from overindulgence

• beserk
• jaded
• ostentatious
• fallow

a revival or rebirth, especially in thinking or activity

• obsequy
• entity
• gist
• renaissance

Tags

TEKS.ELA.E1.2C

TEKS.ELA.E2.2C

TEKS.ELA.E3.2C

TEKS.ELA.E4.2C

to interrupt or attack unexpectedly

• gratify
• elude
• waylay
• delude

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.IX

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VII

TEKS.ELA.R.2E

TEKS.ELA.RI.2C

to interfere with events, usually to improve the outcome

• alienate
• intervene
• enshroud
• obtrude