Girls’ Section

Al Oruba International Schools English Department

grade 6 vocabulary unit 2

Meanings and Word Pictures

Unit 2 vocabulary

adverse: unfavorable, working against

arid: extremely dry

assailant: a person who attacks violently

billow: a large wave

confront: to meet face – to - face

Constrain: to force, to hold back

Contemporary: belonging to the same period of time as oneself

Depict: to portray, to present or show in the form of a picture

disinterested: able to judge a situation fairly

encompass: to encircle, to encompass: to encircle, to includeinclude

Groundless: without any good reason or cause

Hypocrite: a two – faced person

Incomprehensible: impossible to understand

Manipulate: to handle or use skillfully

Maximum: the greatest possible amount

Mimic: a person who does imitations

Ruffle: to wrinkle, to annoy, Ruffle: to wrinkle, to annoy, a gathered strip of material to trim edges

Serene: peaceful, calm

sheepish: embarrassed

stamina: the strength stamina: the strength needed to keep needed to keep doing somethingdoing something