Vocabulary Workshop Unit 5

12 cards·by sforeman.2017

acute

(adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time

bluster

(v) to talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n) a speech that is loud and threatening

bungle

(v) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

commentary

(n) a series of notes clarifying or explaining something ; an expression of opion

duration

(n) the length of time that something continues or lasts

errie

(adj) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

facet

(n) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem

fidelity

(n) the state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness

fray

(n) a brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate

headstrong

(adj) willful stubborn

inhabitant

(n) one living permanently in a given place

numb

(adj) having lost the power of feeling or movement; (v) to dull the feeling of; to cause to loose feeling