Vocabulary Workshop 7 - Unit 4

to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; (n.) the act of drawing back in this way.

• wince

• hostile

• virtual

• orthodox

(adj.) unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike; aggressive.

• wince

• hostile

• virtual

• orthodox

(adj.) having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing

• wince

• hostile

• virtual

• orthodox

(adj.) in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things.

• wince

• hostile

• virtual

• orthodox

(v.) to hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering.

• inflict

• malignant

• inflammable

• mortify

(adj.) easily set on fire; easily anger.

• inflict

• malignant

• inflammable

• mortify

(adj.) extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious.

• inflict

• malignant

• inflammable

• mortify

(v.) to give or cause something unpleasant, impose.

• inflict

• malignant

• inflammable

• mortify

(adj.) full of life and vigor; courageous.

• sodden

• spirited

• void

• wayward

(adi.) soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless.

• sodden

• spirited

• void

• wayward