Mrs. Kenny's Vocab

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Scavenge (List 1)

Back 1

To clean refuse (waste) from; to remove unwanted substances from

Hint 1

They scavenge for food in the restaurant's trash cans.

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Immure (List 1)

Back 2

To lock up or confine

Hint 2

Her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum.

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Gesticulate (List 1)

Back 3

To show, express or direct through movement

Hint 3

They were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down.

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Efflorescence (List 1)

Back 4

The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Hint 4

The result of this drainless irrigation is an efflorescence of salt on the surface of the field.

Front 5

Uncommunicative (List 1)

Back 5

Not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

Hint 5

The boy became uncommunicative when asked about his crime.

Front 6

Crumple (List 1)

Back 6

To gather something into small wrinkles or folds

Hint 6

Frustrated with her art, she crumpled up her work.

Front 7

Swathe (List 1)

Back 7

To wrap in swaddling clothes

Hint 7

The young woman swathed her baby.

Front 8

Irrelevance (List 1)

Back 8

The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand

Hint 8

The man's accusations were irrelevant to the case.

Front 9

Immerse (List 1)

Back 9

To cause to be thrown into

Hint 9

She immersed herself into her work.

Front 10

Submerge (List 1)

Back 10

To put under water

Hint 10

Submerge the paper in water for twenty minutes.

Front 11

Whittle (List 2)

Back 11

To cut small bits or pare shavings from

Hint 11

The old man whittled an old oak chair.

Front 12

Underlay (List 2)

Back 12

To place something under or beneath something else

Hint 12

The box sat, underlay the old filing cabinet.

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Discursive (List 2)

Back 13

Tending to cover a wide range of subjects

Hint 13

The assembly shredded away and became a discursive and random scatter.

Front 14

Hiatus (List 2)

Back 14

An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.

Hint 14

The young girl's blog was put on Hiatus.

Front 15

Tensely (List 2)

Back 15

In a stressed manner

Hint 15

The boy tensely pulled at the strings of his sweater.

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Snivel (List 2)

Back 16

Cry or whine with snuffling

Hint 16

For she was lonely, she cried, providing the room with a soft snivel.

Front 17

Crass (List 2)

Back 17

Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence

Hint 17

Although he was bitter, he made an effort to not reply with crass.

Front 18

Emboss (List 2)

Back 18

To carve, mold, or stamp on a surface so that it stands out in relief.

Hint 18

The young couple embossed their initials into a tall oak.

Front 19

Dangle (List 2)

Back 19

To hang freely

Hint 19

They let the broken swing dangle.

Front 20

Impalpable (List 2)

Back 20

Not perceptible (visible) to the touch

Hint 20

With impalpable organs of sense they examined this new field.

Front 21

Ludicrous (List 3)

Back 21

Laughably and obviously absurd; foolish

Hint 21

The fact that you'd think i'm voting for Donald Trump is Ludicrous.

Front 22

Ineffectual (List 3)

Back 22

Insufficient to produce a result; useless

Hint 22

Practicing my jump shot has been proving ineffectual in a game setting.

Front 23

Jeer (List 3)

Back 23

To abuse vocally; To taunt or mock

Hint 23

My friend Kelly jeered me from the crowd.

Front 24

Inarticulate (List 3)

Back 24

Incomprehensible; unable to speak with clarity

Hint 24

After seeing the horror movie, i became inarticulate.

Front 25

Leviathan (List 3)

Back 25

Something very large; giant sea creature in the Bible

Hint 25

Jesus watched the leviathan from the sea shore.

Front 26

Clamor (List 3)

Back 26

A loud outcry; great expression of discontent

Hint 26

Tanya clamored for Jennifer Lopez's autograph.

Front 27

Mutinously (List 3)

Back 27

Unruly; insubordinate or constituting a mutiny

Hint 27

I mutinously refused to leave my basketball game.

Front 28

Crestfallen (List 3)

Back 28

Dispirited and depressed; dejected

Hint 28

Tanya kicked the ice cream out of the crestfallen boy's hand.

Front 29

Impervious (List 3)

Back 29

Incapable of being penetrated or affected.

Hint 29

Her self esteem was so high she became impervious.

Front 30

Enterprise (List 3)

Back 30

An undertaking or business organization; industrious

Hint 30

The Hasbro enterprise makes amazing gummy bears.

Front 31

Egregious (List 4)

Back 31

Extremely bad

Hint 31

The young boy's behavior became Egregious.

Front 32

Odious (List 4)

Back 32

Instilling hatred or intense displeasure

Hint 32

Her new haircut was odious.

Front 33

Prosaic (List 4)

Back 33

Plain, lacking liveliness

Hint 33

The prosaic curtains ruffled past the old wall.

Front 34

Vex (List 4)

Back 34

To confuse or annoy

Hint 34

With a look of vex, Alex retorted bitterly to her sister's pestering.

Front 35

Capricious (List 4)

Back 35

Subject to whim, fickle

Hint 35

there is nothing more capricious than the memory of a child: what it will hold, and what it will lose

Front 36

Assiduous (List 4)

Back 36

Hard-working, diligent

Hint 36

I have never met a man, more assiduous than my father.

Front 37

Feral (list 4)

Back 37

Wild, savage

Hint 37

The feral cat had rabies.

Front 38

Decry (List 4)

Back 38

To criticize openly

Hint 38

The critic had no mercy when decrying the cafe's meal.

Front 39

Burnish (List 4)

Back 39

To polish, shine

Hint 39

The dad made his son burnish every shoe in the house.

Front 40

Zephyr (List 4)

Back 40

A gentle breeze

Hint 40

The cool morning welcomed you with warm coffee and a subtle zephyr.

Front 41

Cerebral (List 5)

Back 41

Of or relating to the brain

Hint 41

She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

Front 42

Susceptible (List 5)

Back 42

Yielding readily to or capable of

Hint 42

If you smoke, you are susceptible to lung cancer.

Front 43

Impediment (List 5)

Back 43

Something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

Hint 43

The young boy had a speech impediment.

Front 44

Woe (List 5)

Back 44

Misery resulting from affliction

Hint 44

"Woe is me"

Front 45

Whimper (List 5)

Back 45

Cry weakly or softly

Hint 45

The puppies whimpered for their mom.

Front 46

Perseverance (List 5)

Back 46

Persistent determination

Hint 46

Without perseverance, you won't go anywhere.

Front 47

Persistent (List 5)

Back 47

Never-ceasing

Hint 47

The bullying became persistent.

Front 48

Ambidextrous (List 5)

Back 48

Equally skillful with each hand

Hint 48

My little brother is ambidextrous.

Front 49

Minion (List 5)

Back 49

Servile or fawning dependant

Hint 49

The boys became minions to their older sister.

Front 50

Decrepit (List 5)

Back 50

Worn and broken down by hard use

Hint 50

"The dog is decrepit John! You need to do what's best ya' know."

Front 51

Half-Breed (List 6)

Back 51

Offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and NativeAmerican ancestry)

Hint 51

Because Natasha's parents different, she was ridiculed and called a, 'half-breed'.

Front 52

Vow (List 6)

Back 52

Promise

Hint 52

During the wedding, the couple exchanged their vows to each other.

Front 53

Pummel (List 6)

Back 53

Strike, usually with the fist

Hint 53

The older brother pummeled his younger brother over a candy bar.

Front 54

Stroll (List 6)

Back 54

Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

Hint 54

I went for a stroll with my dog around the park.

Front 55

Bureau (List 6)

Back 55

An administrative unit of government

Hint 55

My worst nightmare would be to work in a business bureau, or even worse, an office!

Front 56

Impending (List 6)

Back 56

To lose in time; about to occur

Hint 56

After second period, i head to my impending nightmare i call 'math'.

Front 57

Rummage (List 6)

Back 57

Search haphazardly

Hint 57

The raccoon rummaged through the trash.

Front 58

Petrify (List 6)

Back 58

To change into stone

Hint 58

If you go to the lake, you could possibly step on some petrified wood.

Front 59

Articulate (List 6)

Back 59

Characterized by clear expressive language

Hint 59

After the accident, the witness was so stunned she couldn't articulate to the police what happened.

Front 60

Tautology (List 6)

Back 60

A statement that is necessarily true

Hint 60

The teacher explained the tautology in the “the dead corpse” by reminding students that a corpse is already dead.

Front 61

Illiterate (List 7)

Back 61

Not able to read or write

Hint 61

Most toddlers are illiterate.

Front 62

Dilate (List 7)

Back 62

To make or become wider

Hint 62

When she fell down the hole, Alice's eyes dilated due to the sudden lack of light.

Front 63

Redundancy (List 7)

Back 63

Repetition of an act needlessly

Hint 63

Her constant comments were becoming redundant.

Front 64

Secede (List 7)

Back 64

Withdraw from an organization or polity

Hint 64

Some of our states wanted to secede from the union.

Front 65

Monotonous (List 7)

Back 65

Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Hint 65

That darn math teacher was so monotonous I almost fell asleep in his class!

Front 66

Mode (List 7)

Back 66

A particular functioning condition or arrangement

Hint 66

Don't mess with my mother when she is in cleaning mode.

Front 67

Subtle (List 7)

Back 67

Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

Hint 67

The young girl subtly changed her eyeliner every day.

Front 68

Earnest (List 7)

Back 68

Showing sincere and intense conviction.

Hint 68

His simple, earnest response and the conviction on his face floored her.

Front 69

Taut (List 7)

Back 69

Pulled or drawn tight

Hint 69

The dog's legs were tired and taut from running so hard.

Front 70

Retroactive (List 7)

Back 70

Affecting things past

Hint 70

All of the fighting is resulting in retroactive results.