1. Rumble Fish Vocabulary Part One Biggs/Garcia – Sheltered English I

2. Words  solitary  glance  clench  annoy  vacant  cautious  pester  sincere  edgy  sarcastic  tinge  treaty  crow  vicious  obnoxious  simulate  desperate  flinch  elite  tolerate

3. solitary  (adj.) - alone; without companions

4. glance  (v.) – to look quickly or briefly.

5. clench  (v.) to close (the hands, teeth, etc.) tightly.

6. annoy  (v.) – to disturb or bother

7. vacant  (adj.) – having no contents; empty; having no occupant; unoccupied

8. cautious  (adj.) – Careful; showing, using, or characterized by caution.

9. pester  (v.) – to irritate or bother persistently with petty annoyances

10. sincere  (adj.) - genuine; real; honest

11. edgy  (adj.)– nervously irritable; impatient and anxious

12. sarcastic  (adj.)- using sneering or cutting remarks; insulting, scornful

13. tinge  (n.)- a slight degree of coloration; tint

14. treaty  (n.) - a formal agreement

15. crow  (v.) – to boast, brag, or gloat

16. vicious  (adj.) - wicked or cruel; villainous; mean

17. obnoxious  (adj.) - highly objectionable or offensive

18. simulate  (v.) - to assume or have the appearance of; imitate

19. desperate  (adj.) - leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous

20. flinch  (v.) - to shrink under pain; wince.

21. elite  (n.) -persons of the highest class

22. tolerate  (v.) - to endure; put up with