Wordly Wise Lesson 8 Definitions

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(adj) Overcrowded; filled too full.

congested

(n) The condition of being filled with fluid.

congestion

(v) To manage problems or difficulties successfully.

cope

(adj) Strict; severe.

stringent

(v) To gather or move in large numbers.

throng

(n) An obstacle; something that gets in the way.

impediment

(adj) Sharp, irritating, or bitter to the sense of taste or smell.

acrid

(n) A person killed or injured in a war or accident.

casualty

(adj) Filled with fluid

congested

(n) The condition of being overcrowded

congestion

(adj) With great speed or force; reckless.

headlong

(adv) Recklessly; without time for careful thought.

headlong

(v) To move with great force and speed.

hurtle

(v) To get in the way of; to interfere with the movement of.

impede

(adj) Bound to happen; unavoidable.

inevitable

(v) To put into effect; to bring into use.

initiate

(v) To take in as a member.

initiate

(n) The act of beginning.

initiation

(n) The ceremony or process that makes one a member.

initiation

(adj.) Very angry; furious.

irate

(adj) Not strictly enforced; undemanding; careless.

lax

(adj) Not tight; loose.

lax

(n) The quality, state, or act of being negligent.

negligence

(adj) Failing to take proper care of or to give proper attention to.

negligent

(v) To burn slowly without bursting into flames.

smolder

(v) To exist in a hidden state before bursting into the open.

smolder

(n) A large number of people gathered together; a crowd.

throng


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