Semester 1 Vocab!

Skeptical

• habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness

• not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations

• extremely or impassably steep

• a very strong wind

Grist

• firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not

  yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.

• a little world; a world in miniature

• useful material, especially to back up an argument

• great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage

Ambivalent

• having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something

  or someone

• an established opinion or idea about how something

  should be done, made, or thought about

• not animate; lifeless

• deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

Paradigm

• short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

• caused by or showing sincere remorse.

• full of or expressing disappointment or disapproval

• an established opinion or idea about how something

  should be done, made, or thought about

Harelip

• deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.

• to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate

• a congenital cleft or fissure in the midline of the upper lip, resembling the cleft upper lip of a hare, often occurring with cleft palate

• Something that is flammable, can be exploded

Havoc

• an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.

• tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.

• mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously

• great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.

Contrite

• caused by or showing sincere remorse.

• requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

• ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt

• appearance, especially the look or expression of the face

Indignation

• strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy

• strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting,or base; righteous anger.

• the therapeutic application of electricity to the body

• Something that is flammable, can be exploded

Lanky

• awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly

• a tomb, grave, or burial place

• ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt

• A walkthrough, about, or over; travel through; traverse

Injunction

• not animate; lifeless

• incapable of being passed over, or overcome

• having very great or unlimited

  authority or power.

• a command; order; admonition