Vocabulary Quiz #8

Define accost

• embrace, award, commendation

• to approach and speak to someone

• to cling or follow

• easy to approach

Define bonanza

• a big project

• a large bell tower

• extremely large amount

• T.V. show

Define animosty

• harsh bitter

• to distress

• to cling or follow

• hatred, hostility

Define belated

• birthday

• reserve

• to deceive

• tardy or overdue

Define curtail

• to discredit

• to shorten

• to be blunt

• to foretell

Define serenity

• an insane person

• to smirk or smile

• to replace or substitute

• calm or peaceful

Define versatile

• to take a final approach

• to compete or contend

• adaptable, all purpose

• unrestrained or reckless

Define foreboding

• to alternate

• to rule out

• dark sense of evil to come

• confuse or scramble

Define hedge

• enclosed, surround, fence

• distance around something

• excessive noise

• to count or itemize

Define ingrate

• command or order

• request help

• ungrateful person

• hateful person