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Sadlier A U1 wk2
Term | Definition |
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DENOUNCE | (V) to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
denounce | The United Nations decided to publicly _____ the tyrant's crimes. |
FAMISHED | (ADJ) suffering severely from hunger or fro a lack of something |
famished | The Vietnamese immigrants, new to a strange American city, were _____ for news of home. |
INEPT | (ADJ) totally without skill or appropriateness |
inept | The scientist is brilliant in the research laboratory, but is ____ at dealing with people. |
LIBEL | (N) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; (V) to write or publish a statement that unfairly or falsely harms another person |
libel | The young celebrity accused her unauthorized biographer of _____. It is a crime to _____ others, no matter you feel about them. |
REPAST | (N) a meal, food |
repast | Let's get together after the show at Callie's Cafe for a late-night _____. |
COURAGE | mental and moral strength |
courage | It took _____ for Ghost to go back into the house where his father attacked him and his mother. |