Vocab Unit 12

Front

Seizing everything; greedy

Back

rapacious (adj.)

Front

The class watched, ___________ and silent, as the dolphins began attacking one another.

Back

rapt (adj.)

Front

With a ____________ motion of the hand, the magician hid the coin in the scarf.

Back

surreptitious (adj.)

Front

perceptible (adj.)

Back

able to be noticed or felt

Front

Little Johnny was especially ______________ to the disease, as he had not been vaccinated.

Back

susceptible (adj.)

Front

Little Johnny becomes the next _____________, adding to the long list of kids dying from preventable diseases.

Back

casualty (n.)

Front

precept

Back

an idea important to a system of beliefs (n.)

Front

Most days, she's a _________________ eater; her mother complains they must buy groceries every two days to keep up with her insatiable appetite!

Back

voracious (adj.)

Front

omnivorous (adj.)

Back

feeding on both animals and plants

Front

Recently she decided to become ______________ after realizing she could no longer harm living creatures.

Back

herbivorous (adj.)