Unit One Vocabulary Week Seven
Appalled (Adjective) shocked/horrified I am appalled by your behavior.
Beleaguered (adjective) under pressure/stressed The student felt beleaguered by the amount of homework.
consensus (noun) general agreement After weeks of negotiation, the two sides reached a consensus.
connotation (noun)
Flamboyant (adjective) showy/flashy The Aztec priest wore a flamboyant headdress.
gaffe (noun) verb blunder
laborious (adjective) difficult/backbreaking Sometimes thinking can be a laborious task.
minx (noun) flirtatious girl Steve thought Gwen was a saucy minx.
raze (verb) flatten to the ground The contractor will raze the building. .
permeate (verb) spread throughout an area saturate The smell of the skunk seemed to permeate the house.