Vocab
land that has become barren
wasteland
"The child was so ____, his parents gave him whatever he wanted."
spoiled
slip
fall, trip, slide
stifling
"the room was stifling hot, I could hardly breathe."
defective
perfect, no faults
to be declared guilty of a crime
convict
"The flower was dead, its petals all _____(ed)."
shrivel
emabarrassing
grunt
"please dont grunt at me, you can say hello properly."
despicable
respectable, honrable, admirable
to turn liquid into vapor/gas
evaporate
"the tragedy that ____ him would change his life forever."
befell
eternity
forever, never ending
stagger
"the woman staggered weakly as she crossed the bridge."
grimace
smile, beam, grin
leaving heavily over with a bent back
slumped
"Just the _____ of going to Japan later this year made her so excited!"
prospect
regain, recover, reclaim, get back
scowl
"she crossed her arms and scowled at the floor."
scarcity
excess, abundance, bountifulness, surplus
The archeologists wanted to ______ the old ruins so they could see what the old buildings used to look like."
excavate
itsensity
enthusiam, power, excitement, earnestness, passion, strength
slumped
"she was slumped over in her chair, exhausted and barely staying awake."
preposterous
normal, believable, reseaonable