Bellwork lesson Vocabulary

a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

• annotation

• equanimity

• invective

• procrastinate

accidental, occurring by a happy chance

• fortuitous

• debonair

• motley

• sedentary

Emaciated means

• inflexible in thought and ability

• required by law

• a state of doubt

• having or becoming extremely thin from starvation or illnes

Placid means

• inflexible; unshakable in belief

• having a calm exterior

• smooth on the outside

• evil or wrongful deed

The ________ was in disrepair and would be knocked down.

• building

• house

• dorm

• mansion

The ______cult members work hard for what they believe in.

• zealous

• mystical

• hallowed

• supernatural

Dogmatic means

• marked by truth

• a notion to understand a topic

• an act of contempt for something

• marked by an authoritative stand on principles that can't be proved

Malefaction means

• required

• to steal

• a wrongful or evil deed

• to give up voluntarily

Supercilious means

• taking a superior attitude

• barely adequate

• hard to understand

• unspoken

Saccharine means

• awe inspiring

• dull, uninspiring bland

• overly sweet; agreeable

• unintentional, accidental