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Rayburn Vocab Unit 4
Rayburn Vocab UNIT 4R
| Term | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| adversity | Extreme praise or admiraion | He has suffered much _____ by first losing his job and then losing his wife. |
| decadent | decaying | Drugs and crime are signs of a _____ society. |
| humane | kind, compassionate, sympathetic and considerate | The United States was very _____ in its treatment of prisoners of war. |
| indulgent | lenient, especially toward oneself | The boy did not learn respect from his _____ friends. |
| procrastinate | to defer action; to delay | We try not to _____ when asked to do a job. |
| stoic | a stoical person; not showing passion or feeling, indifference, impassive | The umpire remained quite _____ despite the manager's screaming and the intense booing of the crowd. |
| suffrage | right to vote | Woman's _____ was a movement and a cause at the beginning of the twentieth century. |
| summon | to call together, to send for or to request to appear | I am frightened because I have been ____(ed) to the principal's office. |
| transparent | quality of being able to be seen through, clear | Glass is a _____ substance. |
| turbulence | wild or disturbing activity | There is a lot of _____ during a hurricane. |
| viable | capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately | He is a _____ candidate because he has experience and can attract votes. |
| abstract | removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind | The child thinking of Christmas, had an _____ look on his face. |