English Vocab 8Th Grade Chapter 9

Front 1

abominate (verb)

Back 1

hate or loathe intensely
abhor; execrate
Dom abominates some foods that he once relished.

Front 2

affliction (noun)

Back 2

cause of persistent mental or bodily pain; great suffering.
trouble; tribulation
Lar's truancy was an affliction to her mother.

Front 3

animate (adjective)

Back 3

possessing life; living; alive
There is nothing animate there, except some spiders.

Front 4

chronic (adjective)

Back 4

marked by a long duration or frequent occurence; habitual; inverate.
Bill often raises objects; he's a chronic complainer.

Front 5

exploit (verb)

Back 5

utilize selfishly for one's own ends; impose on; abuse; use.
Those receiving lower pay than others doing the same work, felt that they were being exploited.

Front 6

fancy (verb)

Back 6

believe without being absolutely sure or certain; imagine; think.
Until she heard all the cheers, the nervous singer fancied that she had done poorly.

Front 7

fell (verb)

Back 7

cause to fall; cut; break; bring down; prostrate; level down.
Her neighbors were crestfallen when they saw that the storm had felled two of their favorite trees.

Front 8

gregarious (adjective)

Back 8

fond of the company of others; sociable; social.
Ordinarily a gregarious person enjoys going to a party.

Front 9

innocuous (adjective)

Back 9

not harmful or injurious; unlikely to irritate; harmless; inoffensive.
The prank was innocuous; there was no harm in it.

Front 10

isolate (verb)

Back 10

set apart from others; quarantine; segregate.
It is not necessary to isolate a patient with a noncommunicable disease.

Front 11

positive (adjective)

Back 11

fully assured in a opinion or assertion; confident; sure; certain.
The police were positive that they had the right suspect because he had left his fingerprints at the crime scene.

Front 12

precipitate (verb)

Back 12

to hasten the occurence of; bring out prematurely; speed, accelerate.
The break-down of negotiations precipitated a crisis in the war weary nation.

Front 13

prior (adjective)

Back 13

early in time or order; previous; preceeding.
Thank you for your invitation, but we made a prior commitment to attend a wedding the day before your party.

Front 14

propitious (adjective)

Back 14

tending to favor; advantageous; favorable; opportune.
Most shoppers regard sale days as a propitious time to buy.

Front 15

redundant (adjective)

Back 15

exceeding what is necessary or normal; superfluous; excess.
With so many cars remaining unsold on the dealer's lot, another shipment from the factory at this time would be redundant.

Front 16

strategy (noun)

Back 16

plan for achieving a desired result; method; scheme
To put off training for an important tournament until just before the first match is generally poor strategy.

Front 17

tentative (adjective)

Back 17

offered or given for the time being; not final; subject to change; conditional; provisional.
The company's decision to move is tentative; it may yet be changed.

Front 18

vanity (noun)

Back 18

excessive pride in oneself or in one's appearance; conceit; egotism; self-admiration.
One obvious mark of vanity is a total preoccupation with one's personal appearance.

Front 19

veteran (adjective)

Back 19

having had long practice with some occupation or skill; experienced; skilled.
Automobile insurance rates tend to be much higher for neophytes than for veteran drivers.

Front 20

presumption (noun)

Back 20

assumption of something as true; presupposition; premise.
Defendants tried in American courts are fortunate because their trial begins with a presumption of innocence.