English 12A-5 Week 4 Vocabulary

Shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness.

• Gumption
• pinioned
• steadfast
• Rampant

Torment or vex

• Harrow
• Ravening
• gluttonous
• Brook

Splended and expesnsive looking

• Sumptuous
• Gumption
• pinioned
• steadfast

Talk long-widedly without making very much

• Blather
• Harrow
• Ravening
• gluttonous

devote effort to making oneself look attractive and then admire one's appearance.

• Preen
• Sumptuous
• Gumption
• pinioned

deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.

• Ignominious
• Blather
• Harrow
• Ravening

ornamental work of fine wire formed into delicate tracery.

• filigree
• Preen
• Sumptuous
• Gumption

it means apart or divided into pieces

• asunder
• Ignominious
• Blather
• Harrow

carve, mold, or stamp a design on (a surface) so that it stands out in relief.

• Embossed
• filigree
• Preen
• Sumptuous

Flourishing or spreading unchecked.

• Rampant
• asunder
• Ignominious
• Blather