Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level A Unit 5 Set B

(adj.) with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time.

• blunt
• dull
• obtuse
• acute

(v.) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness.

• tangle
• bungle
• juggle
• fumble

(n.) the length of time that something continues or lasts.

• interval
• period
• duration
• span

(n.) one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem.

• facet
• fossil
• faction
• facetious

(n,) a brawl, a noisy quarrel.

(v.) to wear away by rubbing; make ragged or worn; to strain, irritate.

• tatter
• fray
• friction
• scuffle

(n.) one living permanently in a given place.

• Tourist
• Inhabitant

• Nomad
• Visitor

(adj.) having lost the power of feeling or movement.

(v.) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling.

• numb
• aware
• alert
• sensitive

(n.) something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss or defeat; a step-like recession in a wall.

• advantage
• success
• setback

• support

(adj.) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous.

• modest
• arrogant
• humble
• smug

(v.) to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while.

• depart
• rush
• hurry
• tarry