Unit 1: Cluster 2

Edge: Level C, Volume 1, Unit 1, Cluster 2.

Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 1: "The Moustache" and "Who We Really Are", "Two Kinds" and "Novel Musician", "Skins" and "Nicole"
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  1. ambitious
    having a strong desire for success or achievement
  2. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  3. lament
    regret strongly
  4. reproach
    a mild rebuke or criticism
  5. indignity
    an affront to one's self-esteem
  6. sulk
    be in a huff and display one's displeasure
  7. expectation
    the feeling that something is about to happen
  8. willful
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  9. bellow
    a very loud utterance
  10. drill
    learn by repetition
  11. saucy
    improperly forward or bold
  12. accusation
    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offense
  13. whine
    complain whiningly
  14. arpeggio
    a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession
  15. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  16. private
    confined to particular persons or groups
  17. reverie
    an abstracted state of absorption
  18. squabble
    argue over petty things
  19. conspire
    engage in plotting, swear together
  20. dawdle
    waste time
  21. unison
    the act of occurring together or simultaneously
  22. sulky
    sullen or moody
  23. bewitch
    cast a spell over someone or something
  24. stricken
    affected by something overwhelming
  25. gawker
    a spectator who stares openly
  26. misery
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
  27. fiasco
    a complete failure or collapse
  28. budge
    move very slightly
  29. nonchalantly
    in a composed and unconcerned manner
  30. assert
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  31. brittle
    not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
  32. inevitable
    incapable of being avoided or prevented
  33. remainder
    something left after other parts have been taken away
  34. rendition
    the act of expressing something in an artistic performance
Created on Wed Jul 20 16:46:24 EDT 2016 (updated Tue Aug 16 10:51:31 EDT 2016)

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