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U1 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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OBSTACLE | Something that impedes progress or achievement |
obstacle | Ghost encounters a serious _ _ _ _ _ _ with his father and must escape with his mother to survive. |
COURAGE | mental and moral strength |
courage | It took _____ for Ghost to go back into the house where his father attacked him and his mother. |
APPAREL | (noun) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration |
apparel | (verb) to put clothes on, dress up |
DISPATCH | (verb) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill |
dispatch | We’ll dispatch a repair crew right away. |
FORSAKE | (verb) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon |
forsake | I will never forsake my children, no matter what they do or say. |
INDIGENOUS | (adjective) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever |
indigenous | The students found an ingenious solution to the math problem. |
MISGIVING | (noun) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty |
misgiving | They had misgivings about joining the chorus because of its demanding schedule. |
APPAREL | (noun) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration |
apparel | (verb) to put clothes on, dress up |
DISPATCH | (verb) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill |
dispatch | We’ll dispatch a repair crew right away. |
FORSAKE | (verb) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon |
forsake | I will never forsake my children, no matter what they do or say. |
INDIGENOUS | (adjective) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever |
indigenous | The students found an ingenious solution to the math problem. |
MISGIVING | (noun) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty |
misgiving | They had misgivings about joining the chorus because of its demanding schedule. |
challenge | To summon a contest of skill or strength; OR to call into question |
CHALLENGE | Staying out of trouble to remain on the team will _____ Ghost in ways for which he might not be prepared. |
denounce | (verb) to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
DENOUNCE | (verb) to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
famished | (adjective) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something |
FAMISHED | (adjective) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something |
inept | (adjective) totally without skill or appropriateness |
INEPT | (adjective) totally without skill or appropriateness |
libel | (noun) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation about whom it is made |
LIBEL | (verb) to write or publish a statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of another person |
repast | (noun) a meal, food |
REPAST | (noun) a meal, food |