7th Grade Vocabulary Set #4

a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes. A merging of efforts or interests by persons, families, states, or organizations:

• alliance

• bewilder

• buffoon

• controversial

to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex:

• bewilder

• buffoon

• cntroversial

• dishearten

a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc.

• buffoon

• controversial

• dishearten

• fruitless

of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical:

• controversial

• dishearten

• fruitless

• hostile

to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.

• dishearten

• fruitless

• hostile

• inflammable

useless; unproductive; without results or success

• fruitless

• hostile

• inflammable

• inflict

not friendly, warm, or generous; not hospitable.

• hostile

• inflammable

• inflict

• malignant

capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable. Easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible:

• inflammable

• inflict

• malignant

• mortify

to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: To impose (anything unwelcome):

• inflict

• malignant

• mortify

• orthodox

disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.

• malignant

• mortify

• orthodox

• procure