Sadlier Vocabuary - Unit 15 (B)

(v.) to make hard to understand or do.

• explain
• complicate

• simplify
• clarify

(adj.) considerate toward others.

• courteous

• indifferent
• careless
• selfish

(n.) a lack of ease and well-being.

• comfort
• ease
• discomfort
• well-being

(v.) to get rid of or do away with.

• remove
• retain
• eliminate
• preserve

(v.) to cause to feel great sadness; to feel very sad.

• grieve
• delight
• ignore
• celebrate

(adj.) having to do with what is right and wrong; being good and just.

(n.) the lesson taught by a story or experience.

• moral
• lesson
• principle
• ethical

(v.) to burn on the surface; to dry out with heat.

(n.) a slight burn.

• scorch
• scald
• singe
• char

(adj.) of a serious nature; very strict and harsh; causing pain or hardship.

• lenient
• gentle
• mild
• severe

(n.) an unusual sight or public display.

• illusion
• spectacle
• performance
• exhibition

(adj.) having to do with a serious story with a sad ending; very unfortunate.

• optimistic
• joyful
• comedic
• tragic