Gemma's lesson 12 vocab

What is the definition of APPALL?

• to fill with horror, or outrage

• to give usually supplementary support or aid to

• to give strength and hope to

• to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction

What is the definition of CONSTRAINT?

• the quality or state of being free

• a forceful action or procedure (such as an unprovoked attack) especially when intended to dominate or master

• something that restricts or limits

• the act of permitting

What is the definition of DISSUADE?

• to give assistance

• to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on

• to advise against; to persuade someone out of a course of action

• to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope

What is the definition of the word FALTER?

• to continue in the same state

• a state of tranquility

• not easily disturbed or upset

• to hesitate, to waiver

What is the definition of the word FRAIL?

• to be unsuccessful

• having excessive body fat

• easily broken; delicate

• having or marked by great physical power

What is the definition of the word HYPOTHETICAL?

• assumed without proof; uncertain

• known or proved to be true

• suitable or fit to be relied on

• term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class:

What is the definition of the word IRATE?

• full of good spirits

• favored by luck or fortune

• extremely angry

• a state of tranquility

What is the definition of the word PENINSULA?

• a tract of land surrounded by water on all sides and smaller than a continen

• land enclosed or nearly enclosed by land

• a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill

• a piece of land that extends from the mainland into a body of water

What is the definition of the word PLACID?

• calm; peaceful

• having a broken, uneven, or bumpy surface

• capable of being activated by and reacting to stimuli

• unable to think in a clear or sensible way

What is the definition of the word PREJUDICE?

• the quality or state of being fair

• sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own

• an opinion formed without knowledge or facts

• the quality or state of being esteemed