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U1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| OBSTACLE | something that impedes progress or achievement |
| obstacle | Ghost encounters a serious _____ with his father and must escape with his mother to survive. |
| COURAGE | courage is having mental or 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 | Winter apparel should be warm and cozy. |
| DISPATCH | (noun) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing |
| 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. |
| INGENIOUS | (adjective) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever |
| ingenious | 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. |
| DENOUNCE | the ability to recover from misfortune |
| denounce | Ghost and his mother both demonstrate incredible _____ when they move forward with their lives after surviving the arrest of the father. the ability to recover from misfortune |
| RESILIENCE | the capability of a strained body to recover it's size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress |
| resilience | Ghost and his mother both demonstrate incredible _____when they move forward with their lives after surviving the arrest of the father. |
| WILLPOWER | control exerted to do something or restrain impulses. |
| willpower | Ghost finally had the _____ to share his secret with his teammates. |
| BESIEGE | (verb) to attack by surrounding with military forces (verb) to cause worry or trouble |
| COMPRESS | (verb) to press together; to reduce in size or volume (noun) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
| DOUSE | (verb) to plunge into a liquid, drench (verb) to put out quickly, extinguish |
| GAINFUL | (adjective) profitable; bringing in money of some special advantage |
| OAF | (noun) a stupid person: a big, clumsy, slow individual |
| EXPRESSLY | (adverb) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose |
| IMMENSE | (adjective) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| INSTANTANEOUS | (adjective) done in an instant; immediate |
| IRK | (verb) to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| RECEDE | (verb) to go or move backward (verb) to become more distant |
| ATTAIN | To achieve by effort. |
| attain | Jeremy Lin was able to ___ his goal of becoming a professional basketball player for the NBA. |
| HABIT | manner of conducting oneself. |
| habit | students who choose the positive ___of completing work will always be successful! |
| APPAREL | (N) clothing; (V) to dress up |
| DISPATCH | (V) to send out for a purpose; (N) an official message. |
| MISGIVING | (N) a feeling of fear or doubt |
| INGENIOUS | (ADJ) remarkably clever |
| FORSAKE | (V) to give up or abandon |
| apparel | Winter should be warm and cozy. |
| dispatch | We'll ___ repair a crew right away |
| misgiving | They had ___ about joining the chorus because of its demanding schedule |
| ingenious | The students found an ___ solution to the math problem. |
| forsake | i will never ___ my children, no matter what they do or say. |
| besiege | if troops ___ their stronghold, the rebel forces |
| compress | |
| douse | |
| gainful | |
| oaf |
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