SPINE-TINGLING VOCABULARY WORDS
By: Joshua Kim
Block: 2
DILAPIDATED
• Adjective
• In disrepair, partially ruined or decayed
• The old, dilapidated Model T-Ford was crumbling and decaying in the
garage.
AMBIANCE
• Noun
• The mood or atmosphere of a place.
• The ambiance of the formal restaurant was very romantic and soothing,
because of the dark shade of blue and the dim lighting.
CONGENIAL
• Adjective
• Agreeable, friendly
• Fred’s best friend was a congenial and an understanding person.
RAPACIOUS
• Adjective
• Grasping or covetous, voracious
• Harry’s rapacious grandmother was always touching his hair and bothering
him.
THRESHOLD
• Noun
• Gate door or boundary.
• As I entered the sleeping bear’s threshold, it started to growl.
TANTALIZING
• Adjective
• Possessing a quality that causes interest or desire.
• The diamond ring inside the case was so tempting and tantalizing to take.
EMANATE
• Verb
• To emit, come out from.
• As I was studying, a delicious smell emanated from the kitchen.
COMPENSATED
•
Verb
•
Reimbursed, paid back.
•
I compensated my neighbor by fixing their fence because I wrecked my bike into his
fence.
DAPPER
• Adjective
• Neat and stylish in appearance.
• My father was very dapper when he attended his formal meeting.
BOISTEROUS
•
Adjective
•
Noisy, rowdy.
•
My younger siblings were very boisterous and annoying.
BECKONED
•
Verb
•
Summoned or signaled.
•
I beckoned my sisters to come back home before dinner.
BRANDISHING
•
Verb
•
Shaking or waving in a threatening manner.
•
I brandished the sword to protect myself from the bears.
DINGY
• Adjective
• Dirty, unclean.
• The dingy garbage man was extremely smelly after his rounds.
UNEARTHED
•
Verb
•
Dug up or discovered.
•
When we were at an old civil war battlefield, we unearthed ancient bullets.
RECLUSIVE
•
Adjective
•
Solitary, hidden from society.
•
When our family went to a private beach, we found a reclusive spot.
UNSEEMLY
•
Adjective
•
Inappropriate
•
When I found out that the meeting was at 4:00 a.m. I stated to my boss on how unseemly
a time that was.
TENUOUSLY
•
Adverb
•
Weakly
•
As I did my final push-ups, I tenuously struggled through the last few.
CONTORTED
• Adjective
• Violently twisted.
• The contorted body of the raccoon was laying on the road after being run
over by a car.