week 11 vocab

kyndel P.
acute
bedlem
chagrin
chaos
commodity
conviction
cower
detestable
din
emaciated
ethereal
imposing
irate
irrelevant
majestic
maliciously
perpetrate
perspicacity
pummel
reticence
ruefully
supposition
tirade
unassuming
vigil
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  1. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  2. bedlem
  3. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  4. chaos
    formless state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  5. commodity
    any good that can be bought and sold
  6. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
  7. cower
    crouch or curl up
  8. detestable
    offensive to the mind
  9. din
    a loud, harsh, or strident noise
  10. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  11. ethereal
    characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
  12. imposing
    befitting an important, distinguished, or powerful person
  13. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  14. irrelevant
    having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  15. majestic
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
  16. maliciously
    with malice; in a malicious manner
  17. perpetrate
    perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
  18. perspicacity
    the ability to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
  19. pummel
    strike, usually with the fist
  20. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
  21. ruefully
    in a manner expressing pain or sorrow
  22. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  23. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  24. unassuming
    not arrogant
  25. vigil
    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
Created on Sat Sep 10 14:12:29 EDT 2011 (updated Sat Sep 10 14:12:48 EDT 2011)

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