Vocabulary Quiz Flashcards for Quiz #3 Language Arts | English Mr. Jeffers

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Shrew

an offensive term for a woman who is regarded as quarrelsome, nagging, or ill- tempered

interject

interrupt with a comment: to say or insert something in a way that interrupts what is being said or discussed

harridan

a scolding, vicious woman; hag

aloof

1. at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates. 2. reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested: Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof.

circulate

1. to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point 2. to pass from place to place, from person to person, etc.: She circulated among her guests.

converge

1. meet: to reach the same point coming from different directions the place where the roads converge 2. become same: to become gradually less different and eventually the same

expound

describe and explain something in in further detail

bespectacled

with eyeglasses: wearing eyeglasses

query

1. a question or inquiry 2. A doubt

stoutness

bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat

reiterate

to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.

beseech

to beg urgently; to implore eagerly