Lesson 6 Vocabulary
Wordly Wise Book 5 Lesson 5
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- Conspiracy
- n. A joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts
- Shackle
- v. To prevent freedom of action
- Apprehend
- v. To seize; to arrest, To grasp the meaning of; to understand
- Lionize
- v. To treat as a celebrity
- Interrogation
- n. The act of questioning
- Conspire
- v. To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal, To join or act together
- Interrogate
- v. To ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner
- Arraign
- v. To bring before a court to face charges
- Anarchy
- n. Total absence of government, Lack of order; total confusion`
- Calamity
- n. An event that causes great suffering and harm; disaster
- Sweltering
- adj. Very hot and humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather
- Bizarre
- adj. Strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar
- Swelter
- v. To suffer from or to be overcome by great heat
- Shackle
- n. A ring or band put around the arm of leg to prevent from free movement, Something that prevents free action
- Meticulous
- adj. Extremely careful; attentive to small details
- Calmitous
- adj. Disastrous
- Imminent
- adj. About to happen; likely to occur in the very near future
- Elaspe
- v. To pass or slip by (used with time)
- Dissension
- n. A difference of opinion; disagreement
- Assimilate
- v. To absorb into a population, To take in a part and absorb into the whole