Jessica Parada #21
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
1/27/16
Vocab #8
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
1/27/16
Vocab #8
- Abstruse: (Adj.) Having trouble understanding [The dog was being abstruse.]
- Absurd: (Adj.) Giving an idea [The man was absurd that he couldn’t help.]
- Accusatory: (Adj.) Accusing someone [The owners accusatory the cat.]
- Acerbic: (Adj.) commenting [The girl was being acerbic.]
- Affectionate: (Adj.) Caring [The woman started to be affectionate to her dog.]
- Afraid: (Adj.) Fear of something [The fish is afraid of its own shadow.]
- Aggressive: (Adj.) Being active [The boys were being aggressive in the football game.]
- Agreeable: (Adj.) enjoying [The manager was being agreeable the customers.]
- Ambivalent: (Adj.) moody [The baby was ambivalent because he was tired.]
- Amused: (Verb) entertained [The children were being amused by the clown.]
- Angry: (Adj.) Mad [The mother was angry since her painting was destroyed.]
- Apathetic: (Adj.) Emotionless [The rat was being apathetic even when it had food.]
- Apologetic: (Adj.) Failed [They thought they apologetic the test.]
- Anxious: (Adj.) worried [After the practice she wasn’t anxious anymore.]
- Approval: (Noun) checked [They got his approval to go play on the playground.]
- Ardent: (Adj.) intense [Their game was ardent even though they lost.]
- Argumentative: (Adj.) different [The cat was argumentative.]
- Arrogant: (Adj.) exaggerating [The arrogant child kept crying.]
- Assertive: (Adj.) being positive [Her friend is assertive.]
- Awestruck: (Adj.) amazing [The dance was awestruck.]