Lesson 14 Vocabulary (9th grade)

to pronounce distinctly

• gregarious

• articulate

• tractable

• pugnacious

motherly

• maternal

• nurture

• gregarious

• reprehensible

existing as a natural part of something

• amass

• nurture

• inherent

• obtrusive

comical because of strangeness; clownish

• tractable

• garb

• gregarious

• zany

to kill or destroy a large portion of a group

• tractable

• decimate

• reprehensible

• obtrusive

to care for and give sustenance to

• nurture

• dexterous

• amass

• maternal

to imitate the style of someone or something in order to make fun of it

• decimate

• zany

• parody

• tractable

a style of clothing; costume

• amass

• dexterous

• pugnacious

• garb

enjoying the company of others; sociable

• tractable

• gregarious

• zany

• parody

skillful in the use hands or mind

• tractable

• decimate

• pugnacious

• dexterous