Previous Year Vocabs Set 9

Long, thin, and weak

A stream or river that flows into a larger one

Water that drains or flows off from a surface

A person who parties or celebrates with enthusiasm

Regard with great respect

Hold something gently and protectively

Compare two things to show similarity

Encourage or promote growth and development

The exact location or position of something

A person who opposes or rejects popular opinion

Anxious or fearful about the future

Diligent and attentive to detail

Dangerous and deceptive

Escape or avoid detection

Friendly and peaceable

Extremely unhappy or unable to be comforted

Unconventional or slightly strange

Teach something persistently and firmly

Have no interest or concern

A deliberately deceptive trick or fraud

Forgive or free them from guilt

Establish something firmly, making it difficult to change

A formal judgment or decision in a dispute

Add decorative details to something

The action of stopping someone from being angry

Cause them to feel extreme embarrassment

In advance or earlier

Strengthen or combine

Shaking or quivering slightly from fear or nervousness

A sculpture or model of a person, often made to be destroyed in protest

Deeply religious or sincere

Carry out or pledge to do something

A preference or special liking for something

Defeat thoroughly

The act of committing a harmful or illegal action

Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than reason

Absent without permission

Left in a difficult situation

Left alone in a place they can’t escape

Deep and rough-sounding

Adding something to make it larger or better

Careful and paying great attention to detail

Gently persuade someone by being friendly

Very little or not enough

Moves from one place to another for work or better living

A person with no settled home or job

To control or restrain

To move suddenly and unsteadily

A person’s general attitude or view on life