Spelling/Vocab List 8

Apparent

Breathe

Changeable

Coarse

Course

Desert

Dessert

Development

Equipped

Grateful

Irrelevant

Occurring

Preferred

Prejudice

Resistance

Apparent

Breathe

Changeable

Coarse

Course

Desert

Dessert

Development

Equipped

Grateful

Irrelevant

Occurring

Preferred

Prejudice

Resistance

Abhor

Regard with disgust and hatred

Abomination

A thing that causes disgust or hatred

Brutish

Savagely violent; cruel, unpleasant, or insensitive

Calamity

An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

Froward

Difficult to deal with; contrary

Transgress

Infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior)

Scorn

To treat someone or something as worthless or despicable; to have contempt for

Mode

A way or manner in which something occurs or is experienced, expressed, or done

Subtle

So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe

Contentious

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

Infamy

The state of being well known for some bad quality or deed

Maul

Wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing

Odious

Extremely unpleasant; repulsive

Dross

Something regarded as worthless; rubbish

Disquieted

Make (someone) worried or anxious

Penury

Extreme poverty; destitution

Potsherd

A broken piece of ceramic material, especially one found on an archaeological site

Prudence

The quality of being prudent; cautiousness

Slothful

Lazy

Mirth

Amusement, especially as expressed in laughter