Lessons 1-3 Review

enchanting

(adj.) charming; having the power to attract

affable

(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

sheepish

(adj.) embarrassed

specialized

(adj.) having one use among many possible uses; specific

detestable

(adj.) inspiring or deserving hatred

effective

(adj.) useful in bringing about a result

awe

(n) a feeling of fear or nervous wonder and respect

concept

(n) a general idea or thought about something

hog

(n) a greedy or selfish person

glossary

(n) a list of definitions for terms or important words used in a certain text

scapegoat

(n) a person unfairly set up to take blame for others

derivative

(n) a word formed from another word

synonym

(n) a word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word

antonym

(n) a word that means the opposite of another word

contempt

(n) hateful scorn

horseplay

(n) rough play

terminology

(n) vocabulary particular to a certain subject

context

(n) words, events, or circumstances that help determine meaning.

fascinate

(v) to attract; to strongly hold the interest of

loathe

(v) to hate intensely

retain

(v) to hold or keep

crave

(v) to need or desire strongly

rave

(v) to praise enthusiastically

hound

(v) to pursue or urge repeatedly or insistently

recoil

(v) to shrink back in fear, dislike, or disgust

beastly

awful; very unpleasant (adj.)

mammoth

huge; gigantic (adj.)

parrot

imitate without understanding (verb)

lionize

to look upon or treat as a celebrity (verb)

pigheaded

unreasonably stubborn (adj.)