Vocabulary 8

Harbinger harbinger harbinger The storm cloud was a harbinger of a bad weather day.

A forerunner, advance notice-noun

Emaciated emaciated emaciated The people at the concentration camps were emaciated.

Abnormally thin, wasted away-verb

Excruciating excruciating excruciating My brother always excruciates me because he is better at sports.

Agonizing, torturing-adj.

Respite respite respite There was a short respite in the game because of the bad weather.

An interval of relief, delay-noun

Ubiquitous ubiquitous ubiquitous My mom always tells me she is not ubiquitous when my brother ask her towels us from different rooms.

Being everywhere at the same time-adj.

Remote remote remote NARNIA is a remote place that can be accessed through a wardrobe.

Distant hidden away-adj.

Sinister sinister sinister I think my brother is sinister sometimes.

Evil, ominous-adj.

Malnutrition malnutrition malnutrition The baby died from malnutrition because she could not eat after abandonment.

Faulty or inadequate-noun

Privation privation privation The Boy Scouts were not in privation because they are always prepared.

Lack of necessities-noun

Malignant malignant malignant The tumor was malignant until the doctor removed it.

Likely to cause death-adj?

Tranquil tranquil tranquil The room was filled with tranquil because the students were testing.

Quiet-adj.

Reverberating reverberating reverberating The crowed was stomping there feet so loud it was reverberating throughout the gym.

Reechoing, resounding-verb

Sanctuary sanctuary sanctuary We all attended the wedding ceremony which was held at the churches sanctuary.

Shelter-noun

A red hearing

Something that diverts attention from the main issue

To cool one's heels

To be kept waiting

To swap horses in midstream

To change one's mind

Sour grapes

To disparage something that you cannot have

Succumb succumb succumb I succumbed to the oncoming traffic.

To give way, yield-verb

Thwart thwart thwart I thwarted my brother at our one on one basketball game.

To hinder, defeat-verb

Ascend ascend ascend The plane ascended into the air.

To rise-verb

Surge surge surge When the fire alarm went off we surged toward the back door.

To rush suddenly-verb

Besiege besiege besiege Soldiers from the army besieged enemy troops while they were hiding.

To surround, hem in-verb

Afflict afflict afflict The sat test caused great affliction over the child.

To trouble greatly, to distress-verb

Fretful fretful fretful I was very fretful about the math quiz.

Worrisome, irritable-adj.