Speak 4th Marking Quarter

1. Recessive (adj.)

tending to go or move backwards

2. Natter (v.)

talk casually, especially about unimportant matters

3. Barrier (n.)

a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access.

4. Pacing (v.)

walking at a steady speed back and forth as an expression of one's anxiety or annoyance

5. Decomposing (v.)

becoming rotten

6. Blight (n.)

Plant disease

7. Suffragette (n.)

a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest.

8. Incriminate (v.)

to make someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

9. Delinquent (n.)

typically a young person who tends to commit crime

10. Coax (v.)

to gradually persuade someone to do something

11. Crater (n.)

a large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground

12. Exemption (n.)

state of being free from an obligation

13. Indoctrination (n.)

the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically

14. Perch (v.)

to rest on something

15. Indentured (n.)

under contract to serve others

16. Banished (v.)

Sent away from a country or place as punishment

17. Detonate (v.)

to explode or cause to explode

18. Devious (adj.)

showing a skillful use of sneaky tactics to achieve goals

19. Retain (v.)

to continue to have something

20. Loathsome (adj.)

causing hatred or disgust