Vocabulary
#3b
1.
amend: to change for the better, or improve
a.
The rough draft had to be amended before it could be handed in.
2.
arbitrate: to judge or to decide
a.
When the students could not come to an agreement, they took their problem
to a friend to arbitrate.
3.
martyr: one who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce his beliefs
(one who always sacrifices himself)
a.
When Saddam Hussein was executed, some worried he would become a martyr
and inspire insurgents.
4.
inundate: to completely submerge underwater
a.
The poor teacher was inundated with essays; it would take her weeks
to grade them all.
5.
pensive: dreamily and deeply thoughtful
a.
The pensive girl daydreamed all day in class.
6.
prostrate: stretched out on the ground
a.
When the king passed, all the peasants fell prostrate on dirt.
7.
shroud: to conceal or protect (verb or noun)
a.
In the cave, her face was shrouded in darkness.
8.
spite: intense hatred, petty ill-will
a.
The girl was so full of spite that she filled the old lady’s bed with
rattlesnakes.
9.
valor: courage and boldness as in battle; bravery
a.
The soldier’s great valor was rewarded with the Presidential Cross.
10.
wane: to decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity
a.
The students’ desire to go to |