54 Words Middle School Students Should Know: List 1

someone who offers opposition.

• adversary

• barricade

• aplomb

great coolness and composure under strain.

• aplomb

• attentive

• brackish

in fear or dread of possible evil or harm.

• apprehensive

• banish

• bluff

inherent ability.

• ember

• disdain

• aptitude

taking heed.

• aptitude

• attentive

• bluff

send away from a place of residence, as a punishment.

• banish

• bluff

• concoction

come out of view, as from concealment.

• counter

• emerge

• debris

a hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire.

• ember

• debris

• disdain

the place designated as the end, as of a race or journey.

• destination

• aplomb

• brackish

confused movement.

• eavesdrop

• counter

• commotion