Unit Test Eight Vocabulary
Incriminate
suggest that someone is guilty, accuse
Reflective
taking time to think carefully about things; thoughtful
She was a very FRAIL girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair.
weak
The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them, RESILIENT and alive.
Able to spring back into shape or recover quickly
Validity
Accuracy
Explicit
Definite, clearly stated
They stopped running and stood in the great jungle that covered Venus, that grew and never stopped growing, TUMULTUOUSLY, even as you watched it.
Usually this word means noisily and violently but in this sentence it means wildly.
And so, the children hated her for all these reasons of big and little CONSEQUENCE.
Usually this word means: A result of something you do. effect. But in this sentence it means not important.
Intimidated
a person who is frightened or nervous because of people or circumstances
Defiant
boldly resisting authority, disobedient, not following orders
There was talk that her father and mother were talking her back to Earth next year; it seemed VITAL to her that they do so.
extremely important or necessary