1. Vocabulary Review
1st marking period

2. acquiesce: (verb) definition: to assent tacitly to submit or comply
silently or without protest

3. contentious: adj. creating disagreement argumentative; quarrelsome
definition:
creating disagreement
argumentative; quarrelsome
subject to litigation

4. crestfallen: adj. dejected; dispirited; discouraged having a drooping
definition:
dejected; dispirited;
discouraged
having a drooping
crest or head

5. dexterity: noun skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body
definition:
skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body
having mental adroitness or skill; clever
done with skill or adroitness

6. eradicate:(verb) to remove or destroy utterly to erase by rubbing
definition:
to remove or destroy utterly
to erase by rubbing
do away with; exterminate

7. exacerbate: (verb) to increase the severity,
definition:
to increase the severity,
bitterness, or violence of
(disease, ill feeling, etc.)
to aggravate, irritate, or
exasperate

8. obfuscate: verb to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy
definition:
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy
to make obscure or unclear
to darken

9. pernicious: adj. causing great harm, injury destruction, or death
definition:
causing great harm, injury
destruction, or death
fatal or likely to cause death
wicked

10. sagacious: adjective having acute mental discernment
definition:
having acute mental
discernment
keen practical sense
wise or shrewd