Lesson 5 Vocabulary

adj. 1. willing to take risks; daring

2. 2. showing disrespect or a lack of courtesy

• audacious

• inkling

• lackadaisical

• slovenly

n. willingness to take risks by showing excessive boldness

• conscientious

• audacity

• prudent

• serene

adj. 1. thorough, careful

2. 2. honest, principled

• lackadaisical

• audacious

• serene

• conscientious

v. to give a picture of; to describe

• depict

• conscientious

• rebuke

• embark

v. 1. to go on board a ship or airplane at the start of a voyage

2. to start out; to begin

• confiscate

• embark

• pilfer

• mutiny

n. a slight suspicion; a vague idea

• rankle

• conscientious

• pilfer

• inkling

adj. showing little spirit or enthusiasm

• slovenly

• lackadaisical

• conscientious

• serene

n. deliberate refusal to obey orders given by those in command, especially by sailors

v. to rebel openly against a commander

• rebuke

• confiscate

• embark

• mutiny

v. to steal repeatedly small amounts or things that are of little value

• pilfer

• rebuke

• rankle

• mutiny

n. a plentiful supply, a great or generous amount

• pilfer

• profusion

• slovenly

• mutiny