Grade 8: Unit 4: Vocabulary from Readings

This list covers "Pandora’s Box," "The Wise Old Woman," and The Diary of Anne Frank.
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  1. subtle
    difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
  2. adorn
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  3. ensnare
    take or catch as if in a trap
  4. restrain
    hold back
  5. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
  6. haughty
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  7. deceive
    cause someone to believe an untruth
  8. bewilderment
    confusion resulting from failure to understand
  9. unabashed
    not embarrassed
  10. indignantly
    in a manner showing anger at something unjust or wrong
  11. fortify
    make strong or stronger
  12. disgruntled
    in a state of sulky dissatisfaction
  13. foreboding
    a feeling of evil to come
  14. apprehension
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  15. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  16. remorse
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
Created on Tue May 18 12:44:19 EDT 2021 (updated Tue May 18 17:15:02 EDT 2021)

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