I-ready Diagnostic Study Set

Spry

Moving with quickness and ease; lively

Harrow

Farming tool that breaks up soil (noun); painfully disturb or distress (verb), to distress, create stress or torment

Harrowing

extremely distressing; disturbing or frightening

Candescent

glowing or dazzling often from great heat.

Cand

glowing, iridescent

Novelty

something new or unusual

Implement

To put into action; execute

Hardy

(adj.) able to bear up under difficult conditions or harsh treatment; brave and tough

Specialize

focus on one particular product, activity, or job

Gibe

to utter taunting words

Inferior

below

Infer

under, below

Dictatorial

domineering; oppressively overbearing

Dict

to say

Abide

to put up with, to tolerate

Terse

brief and to the point

Pithy

brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

Condensed

summarized

adj. made smaller; shortened; merged

Concise

brief and to the point

Sullen

bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

catapult

to launch; a device for hurling objects, a slingshot

Ignominy

public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

Iniquity

immoral or grossly unfair behavior

Plebeian

(adj.) common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; (n.) a common person, member of the lower class

Opprobrious

(adj.) damning; extremely critical; disgraceful

(syn.) abusive, scurrilous, offensive

Frailty

the condition of being weak and delicate

Coveted

greedily desired or wished for

Russet

reddish brown

Figment

Something invented or imaginary

Trifiling

unimportant

Haphazard

marked by lack of plan, order, or direction, random

Apt

(adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

Err

to wander, go astray, make a mistake

Pestilence

A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease

Posset

a hot drink of sweetened and spiced milk curdled with ale or wine

Botanist

scientist specializing in study of plants

Folly

lack of good sense; foolishness