1. Vocabulary Week 6
Quiz Friday!

2. 1. Counter (Verb) Deal with ahead of time; speak in response
Example: He also countered the doubters who dogged him early in the games.

3. 2. Cunning (adj.) Showing inventiveness and skill
Example: He was a 215-pound professional football player, a cunning brute.

4. 3. Debris (noun)
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Example: Where others might have seen piles of rusted debris fit for a junkyard, Beth saw art.

5. 4. Defiance (noun) A hostile challenge
Example: A video of a cancer patient dancing in defiance of her condition while still in her hospital ward has gone viral.

6. 5. Deft (Adj.) Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
Example: Altogether, the fossils suggested a deft climber who also walked on two legs.

7. 6. Destination (noun)
The place designated as the end, as of a race or journey
Example: Airports get stacked up with planes that can’t take off for their destinations.

8. 7. Diminish (Verb) Decrease in size, extent, or range
Example: By Friday morning, most of the heavy rain is expected to diminish.

9. 8. Disdain (noun)
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Example: Changing minds requires compassion and understanding, not disdain.

10. 9. Dismal (ADJ.) Causing dejection; gloomy; drab
Example: That lead to a dismal harvest and a shortage of processed pumpkin.

11. 10. Dispel (Verb) Force to go away
Example: For most of us, dispelling the darkness is as simple as turning on a light.

12. 11. Eavesdrop (verb) Listen without the speaker’s knowledge
Example: They eavesdrop on the noises that the other birds make while hiding food in order to steal the stash later, new research shows.

13. 12. Egregious (ADJ.) Conspicuously and outrageously bad
Example: Prosecutors questioned him about killings and other egregious human rights abuses.

14. 13. Ember (noun) A hot, smoldering fragment of wood left from a fire
Example: Every hot spot is an ember that can become a new fire.

15. 14. Emerge (verb) Come out into view, as from concealment
Example: Some nice results emerged from the study.

16. 15. Engross (verb) Consume all of one’s attention or time
Example: I don’t know how long I was reading; I was so engrossed in the paper that I did not hear any footsteps.