Vocabulary Definitions PDF

Nurturer: one who gives tender care and protection to a young child, animal, or plant to help it grow or develop. Prominent: distinguished, eminent, or well-known. Transgression: a crime or any act that violates a law, command, or moral code. Awed: a feeling of amazement and respect mixed with fear....

Nurturer: one who gives tender care and protection to a young child, animal, or plant to help it grow or develop. Prominent: distinguished, eminent, or well-known. Transgression: a crime or any act that violates a law, command, or moral code. Awed: a feeling of amazement and respect mixed with fear. Fidgeting: to move around in a restless, absent-minded, or uneasy manner. Sleek: attractively smooth and shiny. Churn: to stir or beat; move something violently. Palpable: so intense as to be almost able to be felt physically. Distraught: agitated with doubt, mental conflict, or pain. Apprehensive: fearful; worried that something bad will happen. Defiant: deliberately and openly disobedient. Chastise: to punish or scold somebody. Petulantly: ill-tempered or sulky in a peevish manner. Humiliation: loss of dignity; the feeling or condition of being lessened in pride. Remorse: a strong feeling of guilt and regret. Nondescript: having no interesting or remarkable characteristics. Mystified: made somebody unable to understand something. Rehabilitation: to help somebody return to good health or a normal life by providing training or therapy. Disgrace: shame or loss of respect arising from bad behavior. Serene: calm and untroubled; without worry, stress, or disturbance. Fragile: easily broken; not having a strong structure or not made of robust materials and therefore easily damaged. Disquieting: to take away the peace or tranquility of; disturbing; alarming. Stirrings: rousing; inspiring. Dosage: the addition of an ingredient in a measured amount. Interdependence: a relationship in which each member is mutually dependent on the others. Exuberant: extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent. Somber: so shaded as to be dark and gloomy. Infringe: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another. Gravitate: to be drawn or attracted to something especially by natural inclination. Buoyancy: the tendency of a body to float or to rise when submerged in a fluid. Meticulously: marked by extreme or excessive care in the treatment of details; careful. Exasperated: to excite the anger of; enrage; to cause irritation to. Acquisition: the act of getting as one’s own; gaining. Cringe: to draw in or contract one’s muscles involuntarily (as from cold or pain). Avert: to turn away or aside (as the eyes) in avoidance. Piecemeal: one piece at a time; gradually. Crescendo: a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage. Indolence: inclination to laziness; sloth. Integrity: firm adherence to a code of moral or artistic values; incorruptibility. Rigorous: harsh; severe; very strict. Spontaneously: arising from a momentary impulse; controlled and directed internally; self-acting. Dwelling: a shelter (as a house) in which people live. Relish: enjoyment of, or delight in something; a strong liking. Exempted: free or released from some liability or requirement. Dismayed: upset; to cause to lose courage because of fear. Awkwardness: lacking ease, skill, or grace (as of movement or expression). Hastily: hurriedly; done quickly. Excruciating: causing great pain or anguish; agonizing. Diminished: to make less or cause to appear less; dwindle. Embossed: to raise in relief from a surface; adorn. Exhilarating: to make cheerful and excited; enliven.