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Slide 2 Vocab B: Unit 7 Slide 3 1. Amiss (adj., adv.) Not perfect Not quite right Out of place Slide 4 2. Brawl (n.,v.) Noisy fight Usually involving a lot of people Slide 5 3. Detest (v.) To hate Slide 6 4. Domestic (adj., n.) Native to a country Relation to a home A servant Slide 7 5. Flagrant (adj.) Blatant Stands out in a bad way Slide 8 6. Flaw (n.) Mistake imperfection Slide 9 7. Fledgling (n., adj.) Beginner Inexperienced Slide 10 8. Fluster (v., n.) To make confused State of being confused Slide 11 9. Foremost (adj.) Most important leader Slide 12 10. Momentum (n.) Speed with which something moves Slide 13 11. Notable (adj., n.) Outstanding Impressive Successful Well-known person Slide 14 12. Nurture (v., n.) To take care of To train Training Slide 15 13. Paradox (n.) Contradictory Seems wrong, but is right Seems strange, but is real/true Ex.: Short person who can play basketball Slide 16 14. Perjury (n.) Swear to tell the truth, but lie Lie in court Slide 17 15. Presume (v.) Assume To take for granted Slide 18 16. Prior (adj.) Earlier Before Slide 19 17. Proficient (adj.) Skilled, able in something Capable of doing something well Slide 20 18. Salvo (n.) Burst of gunfire Salute Sudden burst of anything including noise or talking Slide 21 19. Vigilant (adj.) Awake Alert Watchful Slide 22 20. Wrath (n.) Feeling of being VERY angry Extreme anger Fury