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U1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| HABIT | manner of conducting oneself |
| habit | students who choose the positive____of completing work will always be successful! |
| 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. |
| 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 he for which he may not be prepared. |
| ATTAIN | to achieve by effort |
| attain | jermey lin was able to __ his goal of becoming a proffesional basketball play for the NBA, Save! |
| WILLPOWER | strong determination that allows one to do something difficult |
| willpower | ghost finally had the ___ to share his secret with his teamates. |
| RESILIENCE | the ability to recover from misfortune |
| resilience | ghost and his mothe both demonstrate incredible ____ when they move far away with their lives after surviving the arrest of the father. |
| APPAREL | clothing or to dress up |
| DISPATCH | to send out for a purpose (N) and official message. |
| MISGIVING | feeling of fear or doubt |
| INGENIOUS | remarkably clever |
| FORSAKE | to give up or abandon |
| apparel | winter___ should be warm and cozy |
| dispatch | we'll___ repair crew right away |
| forsake | i will never ___ my children no matter what they do or say. |
| ingenious | the student found an ___ solution to the math problem |
| misgiving | they had ____ about joining the chorus because of its demanding schedule |
| DENOUNCE | to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| denounce | the United Nations decided to publicly__the tyrants crimes |
| FAMISHED | suffering severeley of hunger or fro a lack of something |
| famished | The Vietnamese immigrants, new to a strange american city, where___ for news of home |
| INEPT | Totally without skill or appropriatness |
| inept | The scientist is brilliant in the research laboratory, but is ___ at dealing with people |
| LIBEL | a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; (V) that unfairly or falsley harms another person |
| libel | the young celebrity accused her unauthorized biographer of ____it is a crime to___ other, no matter what you feel about them |
| REPAST | a meal, food |
| repast | lets get together after the show at CAllies CAfe for a late night__ |
| BESIEGE | to attack by surrounding with milatary forces ; to cause worry or trouble |
| besiege | if troops____ their stronghold,the rebel forces may be forced to surrender. |
| COMPRESS | to press together, to reduce size or volume or a folded cloth or pad applied for an injury |
| compress | the editor helped___my rambling 25__page mystery into an 8 page thriller. A cold___ my soothe headache pain. |
| DOUSE | to plunge into liquid, drench, to put out quickly, extinguish. |
| douse | i'll___ the flames with the hose |
| GAINFUL | profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage |
| gainful | i hope to find___ employment that his pleasing to me. |
| OAF | a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual |
| oaf | he generally moved like an ___, so i was surpised to see how greatful he was on the dance floor |
| EXPRESSLY | plainly, in so many words ; for a particular purpose |
| expressly | the terms of out agreement___ forbade us to take any of the goods for our own news |
| IMMENSE | very large or great; beyond ordinary measurment |
| immense | on my first babysitting job, one must have__ patience to take care of young children |
| INSTANTANEOUS | done in an instant; immediant |
| instantaneous | some of lifes rewards are___ ;other are a long time in coming |
| IRK | to annoy, trouble,make weary |
| irk | students who do not complete their work___ their teachers and parent because it seems like they do not want to succeed |
| RECEDE | to go or move backwards; to become more distant |
| recede | far away on the horizon, we saw the tiny figures of a lonely traveler and his mule ___ into the sunset |
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