Miss Awful Vocabulary List

Front 1

anxious

Back 1

-Greatly worried; eager, apprehensive, concerned, worried.
-Adjective
-The girl was anxious before French final.

Front 2

atrocious

Back 2

-Dreadful; extremely or shockingly wicked; outrageous; extremely horrible.
-Adjective
-Her atrocious behavior shocked the teacher because she is normally an obedient student.

Front 3

compliance

Back 3

-Obedience
-Noun
-Her behavior was in compliance with all the classroom rules.

Front 4

congregate

Back 4

-To come together; assemble; bring together a crowd, body or mass, gather
-Verb
-Students congregate in the hall before homeroom.

Front 5

console

Back 5

-To lessen someones disappointment; to show sympathy; comfort, soothe
-Verb
-Her family and friends consoled her when she didn't swim fast enough in the deciding race to qualify for the Junior Olympics.

Front 6

ecstatic

Back 6

-A state of excitement, and delight; thrilled, overjoyed.
-Adjective
-She was ecstatic when she found out that she was the main part in the play.

Front 7

indulgent

Back 7

-Tolerant of other peoples behavior; overly permissive and lenient.
-Adjective
-She was indulgent of the students misbehavior on the first day back from vacation.

Front 8

mock

Back 8

-To mimic or ridicule(make fun of)someones actions or words; taunt, tease especially by mimicking a particular voice or behavior.
-Verb
-The girl's brother mocked her as she whined to her mom about missing the party.

Front 9

slouch

Back 9

-To sit or stand with an awkward, lazy, dropping posture. Hunch over with poor posture.
-Verb
-When she got her test back and saw that she didn't pass, she slouched in her chair and frowned.

Front 10

subdued

Back 10

-Quiet, inhibited, repressed, controlled; lowered in intensity or strength or reduced in fullness of tone.Calm, quiet; under control.
-Adjective
-After the pep rally, the crowd became subdued.

Front 11

disparage

Back 11

-To speak of or treat slightly; depreciate; belittle
-Verb
-Don;t disparage good behavior.

Front 12

rambunctious

Back 12

-Difficult to control or handle; active and noisy.
-Adjective
-The 3 year old boy was very rambunctious and was hard to keep under control.

Front 13

scrupulous

Back 13

-Having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; precise or exact.
-Adjective
-The teacher was scrupulous; she had no tolerance for untidiness or levity.

Front 14

squander

Back 14

-To spend or use extravagantly or wastefully.
-Verb
-He squandered all his birthday money on expensive gifts that he gave away the next year.

Front 15

whimsical

Back 15

-Unpredictable yet odd; humorous.
-Adjective
-The whimsical characters in the movie did playful and unpredictable things.