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u1vocab
| 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_ _ _ 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. |
| challenge | To summon to 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 might not be prepared. |
| denounce | (verb) to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| DENOUNCE | |
| famished | (adjective) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something |
| FAMISHED | |
| inept | (adjective) totally without skill or appropriateness |
| INEPT | |
| libel | (noun) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation about whom it is made |
| LIBEL | |
| repast | (noun) a meal, food |
| REPAST | |
| 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 | |
| compress | (verb) to press together; to reduce in size or volume |
| COMPRESS | |
| douse | (verb) to plunge into a liquid, drench |
| DOUSE | |
| gainful | (adjective) profitable; bringing in money of some special advantage |
| GAINFUL | |
| oaf | sustantivo) una persona estúpida; un individuo grande, torpe y lento |
| OAF | |
| willpower | strong determination that allows one to do something difficult |
| WILLPOWER | Ghost finally had the _____ to share his secret with his teammates. |
| expressly | (adverb) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose |
| EXPRESSLY | |
| immense | (adjective) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurement |
| IMMENSE | |
| instantaneous | (adjective) done in an instant; immediate |
| INSTANTANEOUS | |
| irk | (verb) to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| IRK | |
| recede | (verb) to go or move backward |
| RECEDE | |
| 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 |