Vocab Quarter 1

Front 1

Flustered

Back 1

Nervous or confused

Front 2

Optimistic

Back 2

Hopeful about the future, confident

Front 3

Persistent

Back 3

Refusing to give up; continuing stubbornly

Front 4

Defiant

Back 4

Willing to stand to opposition; bold

Front 5

Antagonism

Back 5

Hostility; unfriendliness

Front 6

Incriminate

Back 6

To cause to appear guilty; frame someone

Front 7

Legitimate

Back 7

Reasonable; aligning to accepted practices

Front 8

Idiosyncrasy

Back 8

A personal way of acting; odd mannerism

Front 9

Contorted

Back 9

Twisted or pulled out of shape

Front 10

Brooding

Back 10

Full of worry; troubled

Front 11

Prominent

Back 11

Well-known, widely recognized

Front 12

Migrant

Back 12

Moving from place to place

Front 13

Priority

Back 13

Something that must receive attention first

Front 14

Combatant

Back 14

Fighter

Front 15

Suede

Back 15

Leather with a soft surface

Front 16

Frail

Back 16

Delicate, weak, fragile

Front 17

Barren

Back 17

Empty; deserted

Front 18

Assiduously

Back 18

In a steady, hard working way

Front 19

Compulsory

Back 19

Most be done; required

Front 20

Virtuous

Back 20

Morally good; honorable

Front 21

Balk

Back 21

Refuse to move or act

Front 22

Eminent

Back 22

Better than others; famous

Front 23

Retribution

Back 23

Punishment for bad behavior

Front 24

Elusive

Back 24

Escaping from capture using skill

Front 25

Unobtrusively

Back 25

In a way that attracts little or no attention

Front 26

Feign

Back 26

To pretend

Front 27

Feign

Back 27

To pretend

Front 28

Painstaking

Back 28

Very careful

Front 29

Feign

Back 29

To pretend

Front 30

Painstaking

Back 30

Very careful

Front 31

Emulate

Back 31

To imitate or copy

Front 32

Feign

Back 32

To pretend

Front 33

Painstaking

Back 33

Very careful

Front 34

Emulate

Back 34

To imitate or copy

Front 35

Articulate

Back 35

Able to express oneself clearly in words

Front 36

Feign

Back 36

To pretend

Front 37

Painstaking

Back 37

Very careful

Front 38

Emulate

Back 38

To imitate or copy

Front 39

Articulate

Back 39

Able to express oneself clearly in words

Front 40

Drawl

Back 40

To speak slowly, stretching the sounds of the vowels

Front 41

Shceme

Back 41

To plan or plot in a secretive way

Front 42

Shceme

Back 42

To plan or plot in a secretive way

Front 43

Beckon

Back 43

To summon using a gesture

Front 44

Liberation

Back 44

A state of freedom after struggle

Front 45

Inscription

Back 45

To carve or engrave something on a surface