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Vocabulary Week 9 Study

Vocabulary Week 9 Study. Word 1: Crevice Def: A narrow crack in the side of a cliff Sent: Amy dreamed she fell into a crevice in the side of a mountain.

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Vocabulary Week 9 Study

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  1. Vocabulary Week 9Study

  2. Word 1: CreviceDef: A narrow crack in the side of a cliffSent: Amy dreamed she fell into a crevice in the side of a mountain.

  3. Word 2: Glimmer / GlimmeringDef: A weak and unsteady light shining off a surfaceSent: In the mountain was a pool of water that glimmeredbrightly from an unknown light.

  4. Word 3: DramaticDef: Striking, intense in appearance or actionSent: The dream was quite dramaticand quite strange for Amy.

  5. Word 4: PlungeDef: To take a fall or dive into or suddenly start something without thinking about it firstSent: Amy decided to plunge into the mysterious water.

  6. Word 5: HesitateDef: To pause or stop before saying or doing somethingSent: Amy did not hesitatebut jumped right in.

  7. Word 6: PenetrateDef: To go inside or break through Sent: Amy could not penetrate the water, but simply bounced off.

  8. Word 7: Desperate / DesperatelyDef: To be in a state of worry or panic because you need somethingSent: Amy desperately wanted to wake up from this strange dream.

  9. Word 8: BizarreDef: Very unusual or strangeSent: Suddenly abizarre creature came out of the water.

  10. Word 9: ProvokeDef: To make someone angry by annoying or botheringSent: Amy hadprovoked the creature and it was now hissing loudly.

  11. Word 10: TediousDef: Something that is long and boring to doSent: Amy awoke to the boring, tedious life she lived as a librarian helper.

  12. Word 11: ConciseDef: Expressed clearly in very few wordsSent: Amy quickly wrote the concise story of her dream in her diary.

  13. Word 12: PredicamentDef: To be in a difficult, hard situationSent: Amy was in apredicament. Should she tell her friend who might laugh?

  14. Word 13: FerociousDef: Savagely fierce or aggressiveSent: The creature of her dream was ferocious yet quite mystical.

  15. Word 14: AnguishDef: Extreme emotional pain Sent: Did the dream have anything to do with the anguishAmy had over her mother dying?

  16. Word 15: Vigorous / VigorouslyDef: Activity that requires a lot of energySent: Amy got dressed and started to vigorouslywalk two miles to school.

  17. Word 16: SneerDef: A hateful look that shows disrespectSent: Along the way she met her old boyfriend John who sneeredat her for leaving him.

  18. Word 17: GlumDef: Looking and feeling sad and dejectedSent: Amy feltglumbecause she did not understand her dream and what it meant.

  19. Word 18: UnfathomableDef: Impossible to understandSent: The death of her mom, the dream, the meaning of life were all unfathomable to her.

  20. Word 19: GloomyDef: Sad and dejectedSent: Life had no answers for Amy as she walked along in the gray, gloomy winter morning.

  21. Word 20: WailDef: A high pitched crySent: Suddenly she stopped and wailedloudly, “Why me? Why me?” She felt better.

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