Vocab Unit 9 Grade 8 Sadlier Oxford Level C

(v) to make unclean or dirty; to march in a single line; a narrow passage, canyon

• dire

• defile

• endow

• awry

(v) to end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

• mien

• fend

• bludgeon

• capitulate

(adj) the greatest in strength or power; most common

• predominant

• pertinent

• recluse

• disarming

(v) to wear sore by rubbing, to feel annoyed; (n) a sore or injury caused by rubbing

• chafe

• dire

• encroach

• penal

(n) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world.

• prodigy

• recluse

• bludgeon

• disgruntled

(adj) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

• defile

• renown

• dire

• mien

(adj) related to the matter at hand

• prodigy

• capitulate

• encroach

• pertinent

(n) a short club used as a weapon; (v) to strike with a heavy club; to use strong arguments to gain some point

• apt

• disarming

• predominant

• bludgeon

(n) freedom from punishment

• renown

• impunity

• apt

• dire

(adj) charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

• disarming

• awry

• pertinent

• penal