Vocabulary pg. 261

On the Front Line in Vietnam

MEANINGthreatening or

aggressive *My enemy glared at

me and raised her fists in a hostile way.

hostile (adjective)

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MEANINGImpossible to

preventIt was inevitable

that my sister would notice the hole I’d made in her sweater. *

inevitable(adjective)

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MEANINGto attack by surprise

from a hidden placeMy cat likes to ambush my feet when I’m sleeping.

ambush (verb)

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MEANINGa person who takes

someone as prisonerThe prisoner asked

his captor to set him free.

captor (noun)

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MEANINGa feeling of anxiety Tina told me she felt

a lot of angst when her father was sick last year.

angst (noun)

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MEANINGproducing both pain

and happinessThe end of the

school ear was bittersweet, because I was happy it was summer but sad that my best friend was moving to a new school.

bittersweet (adjective)

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MEANINGto prepare for

something unpleasant, usually by tightening your muscles*

I had to brace myself before jumping into the icy stream.

brace (verb)

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MEANINGfar-reaching and

very significantThe recent

presidential election had a profound effect on our nation.

profound (adjective)

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