Chapter 7 Vocabulary Words

• Devour- v. to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously
• Sentence- Dave devoured the food that was in front of him.
  

• Morsel- n. a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc
• Sentence- I took a morsel of food when I was on my break.
  

• Despised- v. to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
• Sentence- I despised looking at nasty looking soup.

• Cringed- v. to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower.
• Sentence- I cringed from the pain of a stomach ache.

• Magnitude- n. size; extent; dimensions
• Sentence- Seismologists use a magnitude scale to express the seismic energy released by each earthquake

• Vile- adj. foul; filthy
• Sentence- The old house smelled so vile.

• Snobbery- n. snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
• Sentence- The boy walked away in a snobbery way.
  

• Provoke- v. to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex
• Sentence- I spoke to the secretary in a provoke way.
  

• Instinctively- adj. prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct; natural; unlearned
• Sentence-The little girl instinctively love her doll.

• Ruthless- adj. without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless
• Sentence- Mother ruthlessly spanked her son.