100 Words Middle Schoolers Need Know List 5

What does kindle mean?

• to supply something with light: to shine light on (something)

• to start (a fire) burning

• to move or act quickly

• used to describe something that is boring because it is always the same

What does knoll mean?

• a small round hill

• the twisting of something out of its natural or normal shape or condition

• having varied uses or functions

• the distance around a round body

What does luminous mean?

• fill with sublime emotion

• to come in contact or into collison

• done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed

• full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in the dark

What does malleable mean?

• an act or the power of foreseeing

• done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed

• easily influenced; pliable

• in perfect condition : completely clean, fresh, neat, etc

What does materialize mean?

• the remains of something that has been destroyed

• devote fully to

• come into being; become reality

• skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

What does translucent mean?

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• allowing light to pass through diffusely

• move or swing back and forth

• unpleasant to look at

What does counter mean?

• to act in opposition to : oppose

• walk with a lofty proud gait

• the act of restoring something to its original state

• gather or bring together

What does unsightly mean?

• having or showing arrogant superiority

• not clearly understood

• a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

• unpleasant to look at

What does vigilant mean?

• make lighter or brighter

• carefully observant or attentive

• one who lives in solitude

• a small and inadequate amount

What does waft mean?

• to be driven or carried along, as by the air

• to suppress or crush completely

• to pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

• to provide commentary for a film, for example