VOCABULARY UNIT 7

9th grade English

Adieu - goodbye

Advent – arrival or coming

Apex – highest point, top

Assimilate – to absorb or adopt as one’s own

Bogus – false or counterfeit

Exorbitant – excessive

Interim – time between, temporary

Inundate – flood or overwhelm

Malign – to speak evil of, evil

“He’s not a real hero. He’s just some guy in funny pajamas.”

Meander – to wander or wind, sharp twist or turn

Metropolis – large urban center, chief city

Momentous – very important

Obstreperous – noisy or unruly

Pensive – thoughtful, melancholy

Perilous - dangerous

Shoddy – of inferior quality & workmanship

Sprightly – lively

Surly – angry, rudeAll of your ideas are really stupid. You have a brain the size of an ant.

Tirade – a long, angry speech

Vagrant- idle wanderer, wandering