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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| struggling | trying to do with difficulty |
| impairments | injury. damage |
| frustrated | prevented from accomplishing |
| catapuited | launched forward with machine-like force |
| lurched | staggered, moved steadily |
| flung | threw with force |
| disobeying | refusing to do something you have been told to |
| concerned | worried, troubled, or anxious |
| independence | a quality of a person or a country that doesn't depend on another |
| prodigy | a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities |
| camaraderie | mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together |
| fellowshp | friendly association, especially with people who share one's interests |
| familial | relating to or occurring in a family or its members |
| ritual | a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions according to a prescribed order |
| privilege | a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group |
| suffix ment- | action, resulting state |
| personification | a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
| similie | compares 2 things that are not alike using "like" or "as" |
| metaphor | compares 2 things that are not alike without using "like" or "as" |
| hyperbole | An exaggeration to drive a point |
| idiom | Are phrases that are not meant to be taken literally but have a widely understood meaning in a given language or culture |
| alliteration | When the same sound or letters appear at the beginning of words in a sentence/phrase |