Vocabulary for Summer School Week 1

To send someone away or tell them they can't be somewhere

• vigilant

• banish

• falter

• diminish

Feeling sad or serious, like when it's cloudy and raining

• ember

• dispel

• scarcity

• somber

Something that is perfectly clean or untouched, like a brand new toy

• translucent

• headway

• pristine

• gusto

To stumble or lose confidence

• falter

• meander

• scarcity

• dispel

Being very careful and always watching for danger or problems

• defiance

• vigilant

• grueling

• diminish

When there isn't a lot of something to go around

• scarcity

• dispel

• defiance

• somber

The feeling you get when you refuse to do what you're told

• headway

• somber

• translucent

• defiance

When something gets smaller or less, like when your pile of candy gets smaller as you eat it

• diminish

• dispel

• translucent

• vigilant

To make something, like fear or idea, go away

• banish

• ember

• dispel

• falter

Something that lets light through, but not clearly enough to see through.

• diminish

• headway

• ember

• translucent