This week’s vocabulary

Appearance and Texture

bluntadjective

a. dull-edged; not sharp or pointed

b. Rude or rudely spoken, or spoken with hurtful honesty

Wow, you look really ugly

today!

I don’t want to sit by you.

coarseadjective

a. Rough in textureb. Not having good

manners; rude

denseadjective

Tightly crowded together; thick

dingyadjective

Dirty and discolored

iridescentadjective

Having shiny, rainbow-like qualities

opaqueadjective

a. Completely blocking light

b. not understood

radiantadjective

a. Giving out light or heatb. Shining with happiness

sheennoun

Shine, brightness

tingenoun

a. A hint or small amount of colorb. A hint or small amount of a

feeling

A tinge of red

transparentadjective

a. Letting light through, so that objects on the other side can be seen

b. Clearly understood; obvious