Vocabulary Chapter 5 A & B

Keen and alert. Sharp and severe.

• acute
• bungle
• tarry
• smug

To ruin something through clumsiness.

• bungle
• setback
• bluster
• remorse

length of time.

• duration
• facet
• fray
• acute

The cut surface of a gem. On aspect or side of a subject or problem. 

• facet
• smug
• setback
• tarry

A brawl (fight) or noisy quarrel (fight).

• fray
• duration
• bluster
• refute

Wear away by rubbing. Ragged or worn. 

• fray
• setback
• tarry 
• headstrong

Synonym: Identify the word that means the same as the bold type word in the phrase:
Inhabitant of the house

• resident
• sales person
• land lord
• builder

Having lost power of feeling. 

• numb
• facet
• acute
• smug

A steep like recession in a wall. 

• setback
• tarry
• fray
• headstrong

A disappointment. Unexpected loss or defeat. 

• setback
• bungle
• ravenous
• commentary