Vocabulary Workshop Level Blue Unit 15

complicate

to make hard to understand or do

courteous

considerate toward others

discomfort

a lack of ease and well being

eliminate

to get rid of or do away with

grieve

to cause to feel great sadness; to feel very sad

moral

(adj.) having to do with what is right and wrong; being good and just (n.) the lesson taught by a story or experience

scorch

(v.) to burn on the surface; to dry out with heat. (n.) a slight burn

severe

of a serious nature; very strict and harsh; causing pain or hardship

spectacle

an unusual sight or public display

tragic

having to do with a serious story with a sad ending; very unfortunate

trifle

(n.) something of little importance; a small amount. (v.) to treat carelessly or playfully

universal

being everywhere; of, for, or shared by all