Unit 7 Vocabulary Gallant adj brave and noble The soldiers fought gallantly Fray n noisy fight The neighbors heard a fray happening next door Martial adj military ID: 759306
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Unit 7
Vocabulary
Quiz 11/17
Unit 7 Vocabulary
Gallant (adj.) – brave and noble.
The soldiers fought
gallantly.
Fray (n.) – noisy fight.
The neighbors heard a
fray
happening next door.
Martial (adj.) – military.
The teacher was quite
martial.
Exile (v.) – banish.
The traitor was
exiled
from the community
Eloquence
(adj.)
– speech that is graceful and persuasive.
Barack Obama spoke
eloquently.
Slide3Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.)
Fickle (adj.) – changeable.
Teenagers can be quite
fickle
.
Pensive (adj.) – deeply thoughtful.
The pastor’s message was quite
pensive.
Vial (n.) – small bottle containing medicine or other liquids.
The doctor gave the sick child a
vial
of cough medicine.
Loathsome (adj.) – disgusting; detestable.
Cancer is a
loathsome
disease.
Dismal (adj.) – causing gloom or misery.
The pop quiz made the class feel
dismal.
Slide4Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.)
Scourge (n.) – a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.
The
scourge
of mass employment.
Ambiguous (adj.) –lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct.
John’s text was quite
ambiguous.
Haughty (adj.) – arrogant.
The
haughty
football player did not perform well Friday night.
Disperse (v.) – to break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely.
The party
dispersed
once the cops arrived.
Penury (n.) – extreme poverty.
Sometimes we take for granted those in
penury.
Slide5Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.)
Remnants (n.) – what is left over; remainders.
The coroner used the
remnants
of the soldier to identify the victim.
Wayward (adj.) – headstrong.
Some teenagers are quite
wayward
in their beliefs.
Enjoined (v.) – ordered.
He was
enjoined
by his conscience from telling a lie.
Garish (adj.) – tastelessly showy.
The outfit the woman was wearing was quite
garish.
Purgatory (n.) – a temporary state of the dead; neither Heaven or Hell.
Once they die, some criminals will live in
purgatory
.