VOCAB QUIZ ON FRIDAY 3/28/14

REV IT UP VOCAB Lesson 3

mainstay - A mainstay is the most important part of something, the part that supports everything else.

odyssey - An odyssey is a long, eventful journey.

grueling - A grueling experience is so difficult it exhausts you.

scour - When you scour something, you scrub it in order to clean it.

hierarchy - A hierarchy is a way of ranking group members based on their importance.

integral - Something that is an integral part of something else is absolutely necessary for it to work.

regale - If you regale someone, you entertain him or her with stories.

pan - If you pan an area, you look slowly across it from side to side.

deference - When you show deference, you act in a way that shows a deep respect for someone or something.

epitome - The epitome of something is the best example or model of it.