He Would Like to Have a Bath, a Proper Wallow with Soap

English 9B

Vocabulary

Set #6

1. wallow (wall·ow) verb

an indolent or clumsy rolling about

~ He would like to have a bath, a proper wallow with soap.

~ And it’s not the kind of mess you wallow in, hooting at the glorious chaos of it all.

2. sufficient (suf·fi·cient) adjective

of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement

~ The hunters sat, stuffing themselves with this easy meal, trying to convince themselves that they got sufficient kick out of bananas and that other olive-grey, jelly-like fruit.

~ But the filing indicates that Google believes those rules are sufficient, both for protection and enforcement.

3. flounder (floun·der) verb

walk with great difficulty

~ The boar was floundering away from them.

~ This president was so inexperienced at politics she floundered badly, and scolded mightily.

4. brandish (brand•ish) verb

exhibit aggressively

~ Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife.

~ But the boat’s pilot refused, brandishing a knife and threatening to kill him.

5. rueful (rue·ful) adjective

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

~ He rubbed his rump ruefully.

~ It was almost rueful, although without the aftertaste of bitterness.

6. clamber (clamb•er) verb

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

~ Here and there they could clamber over wave-wet rock, leaping across clear pools that the tide had left.

~ Some of the scrappy volunteer groups that flocked there last autumn, when 6,000 refugees might clamber ashore in one day, are closing shop.

7. crestfallen (crest·fall·en) adjective

brought low in spirit

~ "I don't remember this cliff," said Jack, crestfallen, "so this must be the bit of the coast I missed."

~ I would be crestfallen if that was the case.

8. impervious (im·perv•i·ous) adjective

not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

~ So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness.

~ Once seemingly impervious to physical woes, Bryant was never the same.

9. bravado (brav·a·do) noun

a swaggering show of courage

~ Ralph surprised himself, not so much by the quality of his voice, which was even, but by the bravado of its intention.

~ For the most part, Staten Island takes pride in its blue-collar bravado.

10. tremulous (trem·u·lous) adjective

quivering as from weakness or fear

~ Jack's voice went on, tremulous yet determined, pushing against the uncooperative silence.

~ “The new girl is scared of the dark,” Mandy replied in a tremulous voice.