Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz 11/17

Unit 7 Vocabulary Gallant (adj.) – brave and noble. The soldiers fought gallantly. Fray (n.) – noisy fight. The neighbors heard a fray happening next door. Martial (adj.) – military. The teacher was quite martial. Exile (v.) – banish. The traitor was exiled from the community Eloquence (adj.) – speech that is graceful and persuasive. Barack Obama spoke eloquently.

Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.) Fickle (adj.) – changeable. Teenagers can be quite fickle. Pensive (adj.) – deeply thoughtful. The pastor’s message was quite pensive. Vial (n.) – small bottle containing medicine or other liquids. The doctor gave the sick child a vial of cough medicine. Loathsome (adj.) – disgusting; detestable. Cancer is a loathsome disease. Dismal (adj.) – causing gloom or misery. The pop quiz made the class feel dismal.

Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.) Scourge (n.) – a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering. The scourge of mass employment. Ambiguous (adj.) –lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct. John’s text was quite ambiguous. Haughty (adj.) – arrogant. The haughty football player did not perform well Friday night. Disperse (v.) – to break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely. The party dispersed once the cops arrived. Penury (n.) – extreme poverty. Sometimes we take for granted those in penury.

Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.) Remnants (n.) – what is left over; remainders. The coroner used the remnants of the soldier to identify the victim. Wayward (adj.) – headstrong. Some teenagers are quite wayward in their beliefs. Enjoined (v.) – ordered. He was enjoined by his conscience from telling a lie. Garish (adj.) – tastelessly showy. The outfit the woman was wearing was quite garish. Purgatory (n.) – a temporary state of the dead; neither Heaven or Hell. Once they die, some criminals will live in purgatory.