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vocab words
& sentences
| Term | Definition | Sentences |
|---|---|---|
| Submerged | sunk; covered with liquid | She _ my head under the relentless waves that crashed against the sandy shoreline. |
| Amiss | wrong or improper | I curtsied in front of the prince, knowing it was _ not to. |
| Convivial | sociable or friendly | She addressed me with a friendly or _ expression. |
| Cease | to stop | The woman's US soccer team wanted unfair treatment to stop or _ to exist. |
| Anachronism | something out of its proper time is history, like a television in the middle ages or penicillin in Ancient Rome | Her outfit was an example of _ considering she wore war paint like the Aztecs. |
| Forlorn | hopeless, deserted, abandoned | She _ her dream of being a dancer after she was paralyzed. |
| Receded | withdrew; became more distant | Slowly she eased herself or _ herself out of the conversation. |
| Dwindle | shrink, as in to lessen in quantity | The teacher _ down the number of essays she needed to grade by giving some to other teachers. |
| Flimsy | poorly made; easily broken or damaged | The _ bridge cracked under all the weight. |
| Climes | regions | We moved across the country to a different _. |
| Transfixed | To shock or terrify somebody so much as to induce a momentary inability to move (frozen with fear) | She was _ with fear as she stared at the man in front of her. |
| Intelligible | capable of being understood, understandable | He muttered something that was barely _ under his breath. |
| Assent | to agree to something | The man signed the paper agreeing or _ to the contact. |
| Intimidate | to frighten somebody into doing or not doing something | The bully was _ the other boy. |
| Defiant | openly disobedient, tending to confront and challenge | She was _ and stubborn minded when it came to working with others. |
| Idiosyncrasy | quirk, a way of behaving that is peculiar to an individual or group possible source of danger | Her _ was that she could balance a spoon on her nose. |
| Conversing | to meet, to reach the same point coming from different directions | The two roads _ into one. |
| Explicit | clear and obvious | The curse words were _ or very clear in the song. |
| Variations | the degree to which something differs | She had the same soccer ball, only in a different _. |
| Superstition | irrational, belief in the magical effects of a specific action or ritual, especially in the likelihood that good or bad luck will result from performing it | There's a _ that if you break a mirror you have bad luck for seven years. |
| Scapegoat | somebody who is made to take the blame for others | The boy acted as a _ as I fled the soon to be crime scene. |
| Metamorphosis | a change of physical form | A caterpillar is an example of _. |
| Revelation | information revealed | The _ about who the new teacher was finally revealed. |
| Fluster | to make or become nervous | She was always nervous or _ around her boss. |
| Insomnia | difficulty in sleeping | Some nights she would have _ and wouldn't be able to sleep for hours. |
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21connor
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