Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know (Part 3)

What is the definition of adversary?

• An enemy or opponent

• The day on which a couple were married

• Referring to advertisements

• Having to do with an adverse reaction to something

What is the definition of brackish?

• An odd discoloring on one's backside

• Having a salty taste; unpleasant to drink

• A mixture of brown and black

• A type of fish

What is the definition of commotion?

• A commercial locomotive

• A type of movement

• A noisy disturbance

• A specialized type of motion picture

What vocabulary word matches the picture?

• Debris

• Pristine

• Engross

• Ominous

What is the definition of disdain?

• How people in Europe refer to someone from Denmark

• To regard with scorn

• The hatred of cleaning dishes

• A medication to relieve back pain

What is the definition of eavesdrop?

• To listen to someone through a door

• Putting your ear to a glass

• To listen secretly to private conversations

• When the awning outside falls down

What is the definition of subside?

• To wear off or die down

• To go up and lie down

• To do underground

• A type of tide that is hidden by the ocean

What is the definition of tactic?

• A plan for attaining a particular goal

• Saying little

• Understood without being stated

• A keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain a good relation

What is the definition of unsightly?

• Unable to see clearly

• Not pleasant to look at

• To be blind

• The need to use electrical lights

What is the definition of engross?

• To be ugly and unsightly

• How much someone makes after taxes

• To be in something that is considered gross

• To occupy the full attention; absorb fully