Vocabulary Review

shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom

• sundry

• aspire

• astute

• cache

to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend

• aspire

• ajar

• docile

• dream

to dry up, wilt, sag; to cause someone to feel ashamed, humiliated, or very small

• deduce

• melt

• balm

• wither

to pester, nag, annoy persistently

• callous

• badger

• beget

• deft

to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame

• fear

• cache

• docile

• cower

to change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve

• blather

• veer

• askew

• aspire

to blame; scold

• chide

• beget

• enrage

• callous

twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly

• deduce

• sundry

• askew

• asunder

to produce; to make happen

• vertigo

• beget

• coup

• bereave

the violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment

• deduce

• coup

• chide

• dilemma