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VPP lesson seven
| Word | Defenition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| elapse | To slip by, as in time | While I am sleeping the time seems to elapse. |
| fitful | Stoping and starting intermittenly | When a baby cries it is usually fitful. |
| genre | A catagory; a type | I love to read any genre of book because they are all good. |
| haven | A place of saftey; a sanctuary | The Garden of Eden was a haven for all things. |
| immaterial | Of little or no importance; irrelevant | In the big plan all of the parts seemed immaterial because of the huge outcome. |
| innate | Possessed from birth; inborn; inherent | When the child was born its parents kept it and it became an innate. |
| kindle | 1. To set fire to; to catch fire 2. To arouse feelings; to stir emotion | When I went camping I had to kindle the fire to keep it alive. |
| listless | Lacking energy; unenthusiastic | If a small child is listless than something is probably wrong. |
| meager | Lacking abundance; inadequate; scanty | When the servant showed his master the work the master said it was meager. |
| octogenarian | Someone between 80 and 89 years old | My grandpa was an octogenarian before he passed away. |
| permeate | To spread or flow throughout; to penetrate throughout | I knew that the sponge wasn't full when the water permeated in it. |
| republic | A govornment in which officials elect officials to represent them | In the USA we have a republic/democrat government. |
| tether | 1. A rope or chain used to restrain 2. To use a rope to chain or restrain | At my country club we have a ball tethered to a pole. |
| badger | To harass persistantly: to annoy | My sister badgers me when she wants to play with me. |
| benevolent | Showing doing or resulting in good; kindhearted | I try to be benevolent all year. |