Vocab and Defin QUIZ 14

a thing that spoils or damages something.

• skillness

• maladies

• blight

• shricken

special ability in a task, sport, etc., esp. ability acquired by training

• descend

• deserted

• blight

• skillness

raise or lift (something) up to a higher position.

talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.

unable to understand; perplexed.

a disease or ailment.

• maladies

• puzzled

• elevate

• ramble

(of a place) empty of people.

he most successful point; the culmination.

or

a high, pointed piece of rock.

• frigid

• maladies

• puzzled

• pinnacle

a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream.

• ramble

• endure

• shriek

• pinnacle

very cold in temperature.

• frigid

• ramble

• elevate

• deserted