English 7 Vocabulary Term 2

showing ill humor or an ill temper; irritable; cranky

• affinity

• petulant

• warrant

• castigate

a natural attraction to; a kinship based on similarity of interests or likes; a strong liking

• proactive

• abjured

• affinity

• guile

to criticize harshly, usually with the intention of correcting a wrongdoing; to scold

• warrant

• castigate

• momentous

• churlish

to justify or deserve

• warrant

• abjured

• vital

• incognito

solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim), recant; reject

• unprecedented

• tentative

• abjured

• forbear

pertaining to using speaking, writing, or actions to do something about or solve a problem before it occurs; solution-oriented; preventative

• proactive

• affinity

• momentous

• impede

sly or cunning intelligence; deceit; trickery

• vital

• hypercritical

• guile

• surmise

to explain in greater detail; to put out a detailed explanation, story, or theory; explain fully

• elaborate

• guile

• retention

• perish

necessary or essential to life; crucial

• perish

• vital

• tentative

• abysmal

disguised; pretending not to be oneself

• churlish

• affinity

• hypercritical

• incognito