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Vocab lesson 3

Spelling and Vocabulary lesson 3 Ms. Pollan

QuestionAnswer
tight or squeezing constricting
to confine within bounds; to restrain restrict
something that restrains or limits; restriction stricture
to exert oneself to the limit of one's ability strain
to make impossible; to rule out preclude
to block against entry or passage close
a covered walkway with columns and arches that connects the buildings in a monastery and opens onto an enclosed courtyard cloister
something that surrounds or closes in enclosure
to prevent or restrict entrance to; to keep out exclude
the act of excluding or preventing entrance exclusion
ex. the zoo has _______ enclosures
ex. please ______ me from this meeting exclude
ex. the ______ of her name from the guest list hurt her feelings exclusion
ex. I don't like to wear clothes that feel _______ constricting
ex. those who are on a diet would ______ themselves from added sugars restrict
ex. Having ______ on creativity will limit the potential of a project stricture
ex. Athletic trainers make sure athletes don't ____ their muscles. strain
ex. Rain and storms _____ us from having a picnic preclude
ex. The officers had to ______ the road for the festival downtown close
ex. we wandered through the ancient ______ of the monastery. cloister
Created by: Emmalyn Cruse
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