Sadlier Level A Vocabulary Workshop Unit 5

(adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time

(v.) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n.) speech that is loud and threatening

(v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

(n.) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion

(n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts

(adj.) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

(n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem

(n.) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness

(n.) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate

(adj.) willful, stubborn