Unit 12 Vocab

Susceptible

Able to be influenced Ben felt that if he were too open-minded, he would be __________ to harmful ideas, so he lived in isolation.

Perceptible

Able to be noticed or felt The wink that Kevin gave Laurel was so fast it was hardly __________.

Precept

An idea important to a system of beliefs. One of the main __________ of the religion is kindness to other living creatures.

Voracious

Devouring everything. The __________ locusts left a path of ruined crops a mile long.

Herbivorous

Eating only plants Early American pioneers found lots of grazing land for their __________ animals.

Omnivorous

Feeding on both animals and plants. My two brothers are strict vegetarians, but I consider myself __________.

Rapt

Giving total attention to; captivated. As a program on birds played across the screen, the kittens sat __________ in front of the television.

Surreptitious

Hidden or secret; done without notice. With a ___________ motion of his hand, the magician hid the coin in the scarf.

Decadent

Overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline; excessive The billionaire's spoiled children wasted millions of dollars on __________ parties.

Cadence

Rhythmic rise and fall The beautiful __________ of Jeff's voice as he read lulled us to sleep.

Rapacious

Seizing everything; greedy A __________ group of colonists seized all the land for themselves, leaving none for the people that arrived later.

Casualty

Something or someone injured; killed or eliminated. Grandmother sighed that politeness was just one more __________ of a world that couldn't slow down.