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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 | mental and moral strength |
| courage | It took courage for Ghost to go back into the house where his father attacked him and his mother. |
| APPAREL | clothing, that serves as dress or decoration verb to put clothes on dress |
| apparel | Winter apparel should be warm and cozy. |
| DISPATCH | verb) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill (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 I will never forsake my children, no matter what they do or say. |
| forsake | I will never forsake my children, no matter what they do or say. |
| INGENIOUS | (adjective) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; |
| 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. |
| resilience | The ability to recover from misfortune |
| RESILIENCE | Ghost and his mother both demonstrate incredible _____ when they move forward with their lives after surviving the arrest of the father. |
| besiege | (verb) to attack by surrounding with military forces |
| BESIEGE | (verb) to cause worry or trouble |
| compress | (verb) to press together; to reduce in size or volume |
| COMPRESS | (noun) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
| douse | (verb) to plunge into a liquid, drench |
| DOUSE | (verb) to put out quickly, extinguish |
| gainful | adjective) profitable; bringing in money of some special advantage |
| GAINFUL | adjective) profitable; bringing in money of some special advantage |
| oaf | (noun) a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual |
| OAF | (noun) a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual |
| EXPRESSLY | (adverb) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose |
| expressly | (adverb) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose |
| IMMENSE | (adjective) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| immense | (adjective) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| INSTANTANEOUS | (adjective) done in an instant; immediate |
| instantaneous | (adjective) done in an instant; immediate |
| IRK | (verb) to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| irk | (verb) to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| RECEDE | (verb) to go or move backward (verb) to become more distant |
| recede | (verb) to go or move backward (verb) to become more distant |
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