8th Vocabulary 1-12

Churlish

• lacking politeness or good manners
• to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out
• dreadful
• lively, easy, and carefree in manner

Decree

• an order having the force of law
• a feeling of contempt
• puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
• a period of activity

Discordant

• a period of activity
• a noisy quarrel
• lacking in harmony
• great mental suffering, distress, or pain

Evolve

• to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
• freedom from punishment
• filled or occupied to excess
• to rise to a higher level

Excerpt

• to find fault with
• a passage taken from a book, article, etc.
• humorous, not meant seriously
• appearance

Grope

• to search blindly and uncertainly
• the act of seeking help or protection
• to crouch or shrink away in fear or shame
• tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion

Jostle

• to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing
• skillful in the use of hands or body
• to give up
• without restraint or control

Preclude

• lively, easy, and carefree in manner
• apathetic
• ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
• to make impossible, prevent, shut out

Vigil

• to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)
• any period of watchful attention
• destroy the purity of
• unpredictable

Wrangle

• to damage the value, influence, or effect of
• a noisy quarrel
• in very great numbers
• to come immediately after and as a result