Week 8 Words

1. Afflict (v) – to trouble greatly
2. Ascend (v) – to rise
3. Besiege (v) – to surround
4. Emaciated (adj) – wasted away, thin
5. Excruciating (adj) - agonizing
6. Fretful (adj) - worrisome
7. Harbinger (n) – forerunner, omen
8. Malignant (adj) – becoming worse, malevolent
9. Malnutrition (n) – bad/inadequate diet
10. Privation (n) – lack of necessities, deprivation
11. Remote (adj) - distant
12. Respite (n) – rest/relief or postponement/reprieve
13. Reverberating (adj) - reechoing
14. Sanctuary (n) – a place of protection
15. Sinister (adj) – evil
16. Succumb (v) – to yield
17. Surge (v) – to rush suddenly
18. Thwart (v) – to hinder, stymie
19. Tranquil (adj) - peaceful
20. Ubiquitous (adj) – everywhere at once