TKAM Part 2 - Vocabulary

Match the following

• Improvement

• Qualms

• to remove

• Indignant

• Scornful, disdain

• Contemptuous

• Unease, doubtful, uneasy feelings

• Expunge

• feeling anger over something unjust

• Edification

Match the following

• being famous for something bad

• Adamant

• deep regret - feel bad

• Notoriety

• Dirty or morally shameful

• Recluse

• refusing to change one's mind

• Remorse

• A person who isolates themselves

• Sordid

Match the following

• Deeply thoughtful often serious or sad

• Furtive

• secretive - avoiding attention

• Candid

• Cautious or on guard

• Pensive

• Honest and straight forward

• Acrimonious

• Bitter and sharp in tone or speech

• Wary

Match the following

• Easily angered

• Exodus

• a special right or privilege

• tactful

• Not clear - hard to understand

• Irascible

• showing sensitivity/skill dealing people

• Obscure

• a mass departure of people

• Prerogative

He gave her a ________ look after she accused him of cheating.

• Contemptuous

• Edification

• Adamant

• Wary

She became _________ when the team roster came out, and she felt she deserved to be on the team.

• Indignant

• remorse

• tactful

• Notoriety

She had ______________ about sneaking out of the house because she knew she would get caught.

• Qualms

• Expunge

• Candid

• Acrimonious

The instructions were very ____________ , and the students couldn't figure it out without the teacher's help.

• obscure

• sordid

• pensive

• irascible

Reading different kinds of books provide ________________ of the mind.

• edification

• recluse

• exodus

• prerogative

Since he was under 18, he was hoping that if he stayed out of trouble his record would be ______.

• Expunged

• tactful

• candid

• contemptuous