Lesson 18 Vocabulary

shy or easily frightened

• timid

• turmoil

• tendency

• ridicule

a pause or delay; uncertainty

• wretched

• acute

• vague

• hesitation

very serious; mentally keen

• wretched

• acute

• hysterical

• turmoil

emotionally uncontrollable

• hysterical

• acute

• turmoil

• wretched

miserable; deeply unhappy

• timid

• irritable

• vague

• wretched

easily annoyed; impatient

• irritable

• ridicule

• wretched

• acute

to make fun of

• hysterical

• timid

• ridicule

• acute

a natural move to act in a particular way or direction

• acute

• tendency

• vague

• turmoil

a great disturbance

• tendency

• turmoil

• timid

• vague

not expressed clearly or exactly; unclear

• hysterical

• ridicule

• turmoil

• vague