🪩🐬💗Unit 15 Vocab💗🐬🪩 (copy)

the last Vocab unittttttt

beserk

 violently and destructively enraged.

chasten

to punish( to bring about improvement in behavior)

detract

 to take away from; reduce in value or reputation

encounter

(n.) a meeting

(v.) to meet or come upon

Meet at the counter

pantomime

play or story performed without words by actors using gestures.

(v.) to express in a certain way.

precaution

care taken beforehand;  step or action taken to prevent something from happening

puncture

a small hole made by a sharp object

(v.) to make such a hole, pierce

sham

(adj.) fake; not genuine

(n.) something false pretending to be genuine

(v.) to pretend

uncouth

unrefined, crude;awkward or clumsy

wistful

 full of melancholy yearning or longing, sad, pensive 

beacon

a light or other signal that warns and guides; a lighthouse;anything that guides or inspires

celestial

having to do with the sky or heavens

confiscate

to seize by authority

data

information; facts;figures; statistics

epic

a long narrative poem about the deeds of heroes

(adj) on a grand scale

pessimist

one who believes or expects the worst

prosecute

to bring before a court of law for trial

retaliate

 to get revenge; to strike back for an injury

underscore

v.) to draw a line under, to put emphasis on

(n.) a line drawn under something

wholesome

 healthy; morally and socially sound and good