Bell 5 Vocab Week 27-28

acquire

• To lose something

• To gain ownership of something

• To sell something

• To borrow something

illustrious

• Very famous; outstanding

• Unknown; obscure

• Ordinary; common

• Dull; boring

Inherit: to receive something from someone after that person’s ______.

• death

• birth

• marriage

• retirement

dilapidated

• In excellent condition

• In poor condition from neglect or age

• Newly built

• Well-maintained

Comprise: to form; to ______.

• make up

• break down

• separate

• divide

competent

• Lacking ability

• Having the ability to do what is needed

• Unskilled

• Inexperienced

Incident: Something that happens in real life or in a story; an ______.

• event

• accident

• story

• narrative

intimidate

• To comfort someone

• To frighten, especially by threatening someone

• To amuse someone

• To ignore someone

Blatant: very obvious in an offensive or ______ way.

• shameless

• subtle

• hidden

• discreet

aspire

• To have no interest in something

• To have a strong desire to get or do something; to seek

• To avoid something

• To reject something