Vocabulary Set #10

distress that is typically caused by something unexpected; alarm, shock, anxiety

• mockery(n)

• dismay(n)

• condemn(v)

• perplex(v)

open rebellion against authority; refusing to obey (revolt, uprising, protest)

• aberration(n)

• distorted(adj)

• colossal(adj)

• mutiny(n)

a violent or sudden change or disruption to something; disturbance, turmoil, uproar

• oppressive(adj)

• upheaval(n)

• hobble(v)

• aberration(n)

something that differs from the norm; abnormality (rarity, deviation, irregularity)

• dismay(n)

• upheaval(n)

• aberration(n)

• condemn(v)

ridicule; make fun of; absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something (teasing, derision, taunting, imitation)

• dismay(n)

• convalescent(adj)

• mockery(n)

• demented(adj)

extremely large; huge (massive, vast, immense)

• colossal(adj)

• oppressive(adj)

• distorted(adj)

• demented(adj)

unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint; harsh (brutal, cruel, crushing)

• convalescent(adj)

• distorted(adj)

• demented(adj)

• oppressive(adj)

pulled or twisted out of shape; contorted; giving a misleading or false account or impression; misrepresented (askew. deformed, unbalanced)

• colossal(adj)

• distorted(adj)

• demented(adj)

• convalescent(adj)

out of one's mind; insane; behaving wildly and irrationally (mad, deranged, unhinged)

• convalescent(adj)

• oppressive(adj)

• colossal(adj)

• demented(adj)

(of a person) recovering from sickness or operation; Healing, Mending, On the Mend

• oppressive(adj)

• distorted(adj)

• colossal(adj)

• convalescent(adj)