Word List Unit 1-4

Rosalea G.
These are the words for unit 1-4 in the FAME Mastery Level
40 words 8 learners

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words only definitions & notes
  1. abandon
    forsake; leave behind
  2. baffle
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  3. clever
    mentally quick and resourceful
  4. deviate
    turn aside; turn away from
  5. extraordinary
    highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
  6. fascinate
    attract; cause to be enamored
  7. hoax
    something intended to deceive
  8. gruesome
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  9. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  10. unique
    the single one of its kind
  11. curiosity
    a state in which you want to learn more about something
  12. endurance
    a state of surviving; remaining alive
  13. indispensable
    essential
  14. intangible
    incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially touch
  15. ironic
    displaying incongruity between what is expected and what is
  16. miraculous
    peculiarly fortunate, as if by divine intervention
  17. negotiate
    discuss the terms of an arrangement
  18. ordeal
    a severe or trying experience
  19. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
  20. surmount
    get on top of; deal with successfully
  21. confidence
    belief in yourself and your abilities
  22. demise
    the time when something ends
  23. destiny
    the ultimate agency predetermining the course of events
  24. determination
    the act of finding out the properties of something
  25. mysterious
    beyond ordinary understanding
  26. nuisance
    anything that disturbs, endangers life, or is offensive
  27. offensive
    unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
  28. reluctant
    not eager
  29. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  30. urgent
    compelling immediate action
  31. conservative
    resistant to change
  32. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  33. enormous
    extraordinarily large in size or extent or degree
  34. envy
    a desire to have something that is possessed by another
  35. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  36. obsession
    an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something
  37. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  38. sacrifice
    the act of killing in order to appease a deity
  39. treacherous
    dangerously unstable and unpredictable
  40. triumphant
    experiencing victory
Created on Sun Jun 17 21:33:14 EDT 2012 (updated Sun Jun 17 21:51:15 EDT 2012)

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