Vocabulary Group 10

Pre-AP Blocks 1-2 and 7-8

aghast

aghast

•She looked aghast when he mentioned that he wanted to get another dog.•The aghast look on his face indicated that he was shocked by her suggestion to get another dog.

confront

confront• Did you confront him about the missing jewelry? • They confronted her about the rude comments

she made yesterday.• I’m going to confront my friend about whether or

not she lied to me.

adverse

adverse

• Not studying for your quiz will have an adverse effect on your grade.

• Eating too much junk food adversely effects how well you play soccer.

wrath

wrath• Have you seen the monster’s wrath when he

doesn’t get his way? It’s scary!• I felt such wrath when I found out my

donation went missing!

incredulous

incredulous

• “What do you mean you didn’t know there was a quiz?” she asked incredulously. “Everyone knew about it! We’ve talked about it all week!”

• He had such an incredulous look on his face. You could tell he was totally confused.

dumbfounded

dumbfounded

• “What do you mean you didn’t know there was a quiz?” she asked, dumbfounded. “Everyone knew about it! We’ve talked about it all week!”

• He had such a dumbfound expression on his face. You could tell he was totally confused.

infuriate

infuriated• They were infuriated when they found out

about all the extra school days added on to the end of the year.

• I felt infuriated after the argument. I knew I was right, but nobody believed me!

antagonize

antagonize

• Stop antagonizing your sister! You’re always bothering her!

• He always antagonizes me on laundry day because he has his own way of doing it, so he just really bothers me a lot about how I do it.

irate

irate

• Have you ever felt so irate that your face became hot and red and you knew everyone could tell how made you were?

• I antagonized my little brother so much that he became irate and started yelling and screaming at me.

flabbergasted

flabbergasted• I was so flabbergasted that I literally could not

figure out what to say next!• He was speechless because he felt so

flabbergasted that he couldn’t even speak.