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The Explosion Vocab
Expert 21
| Term | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| apparently (adv.) | seeming to be | There was, apparently, a huge car accident on Route 9 because it was all over the news. |
| creative (adj.) | showing imagination and originality | I have a friend that's really creative; she loves to draw, paint, and do arts and crafts. |
| industrial (adj.) | to do with the large-scale production of something that will be sold | My mom has industrial amounts of baking ingredients in our basement because her business is growing so much. |
| careen (v.) | to swerve crazily while moving forward | The enormous delivery truck careened off the side of the road, critically injuring the driver. |
| exclamation (n.) | a forceful statement of protest or complaint | The protesting student made an exclamation at the board meeting. |
| smolder (v.) | to burn without flames | After the fire had died out, the wood was smoldering, still very hot and burning. |
| snicker (v.) | to laugh quietly in a mean way | As the student was presenting her work, she'd made a mistake, and the class snickered. |
| wrath (n.) | intense anger; rage | "You will feel my wrath!!" said the voice coming from the TV. 'This movie is great!!' I thought. |
| exemplary (adj.) | desirable model; representing the best of its kind | At my graduation, I got an award for exemplary grades throughout that year. |
| context clues (n.) | words or phrases in a text that help you figure out the meaning of unfamiliar or confusing items | My LA teacher told us to look for context clues to help us find the definition of a vocabulary word. |