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week 17 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Anarchy | n. the absence of government |
cajole | V. to persuade by pleasant words |
Commodious | Adj. roomy |
Ethnology | N. the branch of anthropology that deals with recent societies |
Extricate | V. to set free |
Impair | V. to make worse |
Menial | Adj. servile; N. a domestic servant |
Nadir | N. the lowest point |
pestilence | N. a destructive or evil factor |
Rampant | Adj. widespread |
Endeavor | |
Tragedy | |
Descendent | |
Efficiency | |
Disatrous | |
Mediocre | |
Picnicking | |
Persistent | |
Disciple | |
Phenomenon | |
S V Word—Appositive | Ex.: Many philosophers echo the words of one man—Plato. |
Paired Constructions (Not Only S V, But Also S V or “This, not that”) | pairs to use include the following: just as, so too if not, at least the more,the more the more, the less neither,nor not only, more than that such, that both, and the former, the latter as, so whether, or . |