12 Applied vocab 4

sojourn

• a small soldier

• a small journey

• to craft a news article

• to feel very sad

haughty

• to laugh out loud

• to put a temporary stop to something

• to hasten your steps

• snobby; feelings of superiority

lampoon

• a method of catching fish

• public ridicule

• a type of restraint or cattle

• a national Christmas vacation

acquiesce

• to accept something reluctantly

• the calm feeling of floating on water

• to allow one to pass

• taking a swim class

abstain

• to remove a clause from a document

• to fully prepare for any type of exam

• to refrain from doing something you enjoy

• stain removal

tenacious

• very unbalanced

• to cling to or hold firmly (an idea)

• someone who is quick to argue

• ten things that are delicious!

curmudgeon

• a delicious pastry in England

• a mollusk that lives on the sea floor

• a bad-tempered old person

• slang for students who are lazy.

gregarious

• someone very friendly and social

• an ogre that lives under a bridge

• when your car makes funny noises

• one who is prone to fighting

insidious

• a scary movie

• one who prefers the indoors

• to cling to

• an evil that appears gradually

augment

• a tiny argument

• part of an auger

• to increase or add to

• to decline an offer