Resources for Our Current Vocabulary

Post date: Jan 29, 2019 7:54:20 PM

Attached, you will find the handouts we completed in class.

Here's a link to a Quizlet for these words (Thanks, Mrs. Rudder!):

In case you need the words and definitions, here they are:

Aspiration—dream, goals

Keen—sharp, stinging

Allegiance--loyalty

Stark—distinct, obvious, clearly evident

Reverence—respect based on age or authority

Blithe—happy and carefree

Enlighten—to inform, to let someone know

Reservoir—anything that holds a supply of something (like a lake and water)

Penury—poverty, being poor

Procured—to get, to obtain

Despotic—characteristic of a cruel leader

Subsistence—the minimum needed to survive

Perpetuated—to keep it going indefinitely

Barter—trading goods and services for others goods or services

Graft—money made through corruption