Week 8 Blunder disdain beguile hospitality snare shrivel
Week 8 Blunder, disdain, beguile, hospitality, snare, shrivel, glance, appease, devour, rebuttal, refute
Week 8 Vocab Blunder: a stupid mistake; to make a stupid mistake (n, v) Disdain: a feeling of superiority and dislike; to treat something hatefully or arrogantly (n, v) Beguile: to charm or attract someone, often in a deceptive way (v) Hospitality: kindness to guests in your home (n) Snare: a trap; to catch something in a trap (n, v) Glance: to look at briefly; a brief look (v, n) Appease: to please someone by giving into their demands (v) Devour: consume hungrily or quickly Shrivel: to wrinkle and get smaller or to cause to (v) Rebuttal: an argument against your opponent (n) Refute: to prove something false (v)
Blunder
Shrivel
Shrivel • The _______ed leaves were so dry that they immediately fell apart in my hands.
Hospitality
Beguile • The car salesman tried to ___ the customer with an offer of free gas for a year.
Beguile • By pretending to be a teenage girl, the undercover officer hoped to ____ online predators.
Refute You have to plan how you will _____ your opponent’s argument in a debate.
Disdain
Devour
Snare • I lived in the forest for many years, so I know which plants to eat and how to ____ rabbits.
Disdain • I have an utter ______ for people that want something for nothing
Appease
Beguile
Blunder • As a result of his carelessness, he made a serious ____.
Rebuttal • Her ____ was not strong enough to disprove her opponent’s argument.
Hospitality • Because John was having a bad day, his _____ toward his visitors was not very great.
Snare • They are trying to _____ the witness into their web of lies.
Glance
Disdain • If you _____ the American Government so much, then why don't you move to China?
Appease • The teacher _____ed the complaining class and cancelled the homework.
Glance • He stole a _______ at his crush from across the room.
Glance
Snare
Devour • The uncontrollable fire _____ed the entire forest in just one hour.
Disdain • You risk _____ and banishment from your parents by getting pregnant at age 14.
Blunder • What was she thinking when she made that ____?
Refute
Hospitality • She took advantage of our _____ and stayed a whole month without paying us anything.
Disdain
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