Vocabulary Power Plus Level 8 Lesson 5

Assuage

To make less severe or painful

Blasphemous

Disrespectful toward what is considered sacred

Celestial

Of or relating to the sky or heavens

Dialogue

A conversation between two people

Exuberant

Emotionally unrestrained and joyful

Heretic

A person whose opinions conflict with established, popular beliefs

Incorrigible

Incapable of correction or rehabilitation

Portend

To signal or warn of; to forecast

Peevish

Easily annoyed; irritable

Quash

To suppress with threat or force

Reticent

Disinclined to speak out; reserved

Squalid

Filthy and miserable, as from poverty

Turbulent

Violently disturbed; chaotic

Unorthodox

Disregarding or defying tradition or standards

Wrath

Intense anger that is often vengeful