WorksheetsDGDWL Chps 1-10 Vocab
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
making an all-out effort to win or succeed; competitive
aggressive
burgeoning
concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; fraud; cheating
deceit
defect
family; relationship
kinship
expendable
extremely simple or severe; bluntly or sternly plain
cynic
stark
a formal gesture of greeting made by women
curtsey
cliche
lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness
nonchalance
haphazard
to confuse, bewilder, or perplex
blather
baffle
to splash or throw water or liquid on; to extinguish
festoon
douse
to grow or develop quickly; flourish
scurry(ies)
burgeon(ing)
not essential; not worth preserving, able to be sacrificed
defect(ed)
expendable
to go or move quickly or in haste
scurry
burgeon
deprived
blather
bereft
a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts
cynic
cliche
to desert a cause, country, etc., especially to adopt another
defect
deceit
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease
gnash
mollify
a trite, stereotyped expression
curtsey
cliche
cool indifference or lack of concern
expendable
nonchalance
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc.
festoon
baffle
to grind or strike the teeth together, especially in rage or pain
stark
gnash
foolish, fluent talk
blather
baffle
