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Vocabulary Unit 10

Vocabulary Unit 10. Flashcards due tomorrow. Test is 11/22. perspiration. The act of sweating. Noun The perspiration flowed down my face after running three miles. suffocate. To die from lack of air. Verb You will suffocate if you don’t get air into your body. cowlick.

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Vocabulary Unit 10

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 10 Flashcards due tomorrow. Test is 11/22

  2. perspiration • The act of sweating. • Noun • The perspiration flowed down my face after running three miles.

  3. suffocate • To die from lack of air. • Verb • You will suffocate if you don’t get air into your body.

  4. cowlick • A projecting part of your hair that grows in a different direction as the rest of your hair. • Noun • I have a cowlick on the right side of my part. It drives me crazy, because it won’t do what it is supposed to do.

  5. quivering • To shake with slight trembling movements. • Verb • I was quivering after I almost got hit by a car.

  6. gingerly • With great care or caution • Adverb (notice the ly ending) • I gingerly touched the bruise on my leg to see if it still hurt.

  7. nonchalant • Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent. • Adjective • Some of you act nonchalant about the fact that you are failing and won’t be able to go on the end of the year field trip.

  8. rueful • Inspiring pity or compassion • Adjective • With a rueful look on her face, she turned to face her teacher.

  9. sage • Having or showing wisdom or calm judgment. • Adjective • Let me give you some sage advice. Some of you need to get your act together and start being responsible.

  10. elite • Selected as the best based on certain criteria • Adjective • The elite westside kids had it all: money, power, position.

  11. ornery • Mean-spirited; disagreeable. • Adjective • If you don’t have your final essay test for Watson’s, I am going to give you an ornery look.

  12. aloof • Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote • adjective • His aloof expression made people avoid him.

  13. gallant • unflinching in battle or action; lively and spirited; "a dashing hero“. • Adjective • The gallant man made the girls swoon.

  14. dumbfounded • As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. • Adjective • He looked at his teacher with a dumbfounded expression, when she said the final draft of the editorial is due next Wednesday.

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