Sadlier Vocabulary

a steady lack of care due to carelessness or laziness

• neglect

• obtain

• vacant

• sponsor

to get or gain through some effort

• obtain

• basic

• vacant

• stern

to hold back care or attention; to fail to follow through

• contract

• dismiss

• neglect

• obtain

to bring back to mind; to ask to return

• recall

• sponsor

• stern

• vacant

in great supply, easily available; more than enough

• lukewarm

• plentiful

• ration

• reserve

something, such as money, that is promised for a good cause; a promise to fulfill an agreement

• Counsel

• stampede

• haul

• pledge

spirited, carefree, or noisy fun; something that suggests merry play

• penetrate

• romp

• staple

• survive

to complain angrily but not loudly; to growl

• grumble

• jagged

• nourish

• provision

sly, shrewd, cunning

• autocratic

• irreverent

• temperate

• wily

to give money, effort, or items for a cause; to hand in for publication

• ambush

• calculate

• contribute

• dread