ELA VOCAB

MR HUSKS VOCAB WORDS FOR TEST

Avert

To prevent or turn away from a problematic situation or outcome.

Adversity

difficulties or challenges that one faces in life, often resulting in misfortune

ceraunophile

A person who loves thunder and lightning.

Distraught

Deeply upset or agitated

Etymology

The study of the development of words

Foreman

A worker, especially a man, who supervises and directs other workers.

Introvert

A person who like quiet and find social interactions draining

Perennial

something that lasts a long time or repeats

Permeate

To spread complete;y through something

Penultimate

To be second to last (the one before last)

Retort

a sharp or witty comeback

Saudade

 loving and missing someone

Subvert

to flip the rules or tun something completely upside down

Subservient

doing what someone wants you to even if you don't want to just to make them happy

Tortuous

Full of twists, turns, and curves