Grades 9-10 (WVI 4)
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alienate to cause to become unfriendly or averse; estrange.
carouse to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner.
disembark to put or go ashore from a ship.
irony a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos.
loner one who stays by himself or herself much of the time, especially by choice or inclination.
nadir the lowest or most depressing point or stage.
nonexistent not having substance in reality.
perturb to cause great disturbance in (the mind); agitate or worry.
polygamy the practice or state of having more than one spouse, especially more than one wife, at a time.
profuse great in amount or number.
recompense payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like.
slovenly careless or disgustingly dirty.
solstice either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December.
transmute to change into another form, substance, state, or the like.
vernacular spoken by the native or common people of a region or country.