8th Grade Vocab Lesson 4

(v) to approve or praise loudly

(n) enthusiastic approval

• bedraggled

• acclaim

• cryptic

• ebb

(v )to flow or fall back, as the tide

(n) a period of decline

• cryptic

• ebb

• acclaim

• haphazard

a homeless person, especially an orphaned child

• waif

• illuminate

• repudiate

• solicitude

to reject as untrue

• trepidation

• waif

• legacy

• repudiate

to corrupt or ruin by contaminating

• taint

• acclaim

• cryptic

• legacy

wet and filthy, as though having been dragged through mud

• perceptive

• ebb

• bedraggled

• fanatic

One who has excess devotion to and enthusiasm for

• haphazard

• cryptic

• ebb

• fanatic

a state of fearful uncertainty; dread

• legacy

• trepidation

• bedraggled

• solicitude

1. anxiety and concern

2. concern for the well-being of others

• bedraggled

• ebb

• solicitude

• illuminate

1. to brighten with light

2. to make clear; to rid of confusion

• illuminate

• legacy

• maim

• waif