Grade 6 Unit 14 Vocabulary

Responsive (re spon' sive)

(adj.) answering or replying; reacting readily to requests, suggestions, etc.; showing interest and understanding

Glum (glum)

(adj.) depressed, gloomy

Submissive (sub miss' ive)

(adj.) humbly obedient; tending to give in to authority, obeying without protest

Self-seeking (self seek' ing)

(adj.) selfishly ambitious

Far-fetched (far fetched')

(adj.) strained or improbable (in the sense of not being logical or believable), going far afield from a topic

Replica (rep' li ca)

(n.) a copy, close reproduction

Sanctuary (sanc' tu ar y)

(n.) a sacred or holy place; refuge or protection from capture or punishment; place or refuge

Upheaval (up heav' al)

(n.) a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change

Taskmaster (task' mas ter)

(n.) one whose job it is to assign work to others; one who uses his or her power to make people work very hard

Allegiance (a llegi' ance)

(n.) the loyalty or obligation owed to a government, nation, or cause

Append (a ppend')

(v.) to attach, add or tack on as a supplement or extra item

Transform (trans form')

(v.) to change completely in appearance or form; to make into something else

Tally (tall' y)

(v.) to count up; to keep score; to make entries for reckoning; to correspond or agree; (n.) a total or score

Enumerate (e nu' me rate)

(v.) to count; to name one by one, list

Accommodate (a ccomm' o date)

(v.) to do a favor or service for, help out; to provide for, supply with; to have space for; to make fit or suitable

Exalt (ex alt')

(v.) to make high in rank, power, character, or quality; to fill with pride, joy, or noble feeling; to praise, honor

Extort (ex tort')

(v.) to obtain by violence, misuse of authority, or threats

Commemorate (co mmem' o rate)

(v.) to preserve, honor, or celebrate the memory of

Abstain (ab stain')

(v.) to stay away from doing something by one's own choice

Amalgamate (a mal' ga mate)

(v.) to unite; to combine elements into a unified whole