Choosing Up Sides: Vocabulary 8-14

to tease or torment

a sound of clacking

to utter by divine inspiration

to lose all hope or confidence

to work or press into a mass with the hands

suited to personal comfort or easy to use

one who has returned after an absence

despicable

a stupid or awkward person

having a crest

awareness due to stimulation of a sense organ

to gather strength

to produce young, especially in large numbers

to leap or dance about in a lively manner

of, relating to, or situated to the left or on the left side of something

to challenge or do something considered impossible

a public showing

a collection of things thrown one on top of the other; a pile

a cotton cloth with a colored pattern

the upper edge of a ship's side

to push or tap a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

a tight grip

ammunition

to put on as in a hat

to talk stupidly and carelessly

to make friendly again; to settle

intense and usually wild activity

a married individual cheating on his or her spouse with another person

any of various durable natural varnishes

to put to death by mob action without due process of law; such as a hanging