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102 vocabulary words everyone should know Mr. Coia

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Vocabulary word
Definition
Sample sentence
part of speech
Abdicate   To relinquish power.   The King abdicated his throne rather than give up the woman he loved   Verb  
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Bravado   Courage; Brave   The police man, displaying bravado rescued the woman   Noun  
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Brevity   The state of being brief in duration   Paine's argument was stated in such brevity and passion that within one short month, of its publication it seemed every colonist was in favor or independence from Britain   Noun  
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Contemptuous   Feeling discussed or scorn   I have a comtemptuous feeling   ADJ  
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Dank   Damp or Humid   This morning was really dank   ADJ  
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Debacle   Utter collapse or rout   The football team is a debacle   Noun  
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Embellish   To ornament and beautify   I embellished my room   Verb  
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Embodiment   The idea of given thought of idea   The embodiment of this thought was scary   Noun  
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Fortuitous   Accidental; Luck   We were fortuitous to get out alive   ADJ  
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Gregarious   Out going; friendly   The gregarious man gave me a gun   ADJ  
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Harangue   A long scolding, in a public place   My parents harangued me about my grades   Noun  
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Infer   To understand   I think we can infer, why we lost   Verb  
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Juxtapose   Side by side for comparison   When we juxtapose the kids, they looked alike   Verb  
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Ludicrous   Point of being laughable   The rap'r was very ludicrous   ADJ  
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Maraud   Search for booty (Treasure)   The kids maurded for it   Verb  
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Neophyte   A new convert (ex: Religon)   My family is a neophyte   Noun  
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Onerous   Trouble some or burdensome   The documents is the most onerous document I ever seen   ADJ  
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Pandemonium   Chaos   Pandemonium broke out in the streets of New York   Noun  
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Rigmarole   Nonsensically complicated procedure   I have had enough of this authors rigmarole; I want a book with some substance to it   Noun  
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Subjugate   To cause to become subservient.   The dictator's attempts to subjugate his country's smaller neighbors will end in failure, mark my words   Verb  
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Tumultuous   Chaotic   After the Board of Trustees rejected the students proposal, there were tumultuous   ADJ  
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Transgression   A violation of a rule.   His transgression against the law got him arrested.   Noun  
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Venerable   Dignified and worthy of admiration.   I am a venerable person because of great accomplishments.   Adjective  
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Zenith   The highest point attained.   Massachusetts sports teams are at their zenith because their many championship victories   Noun  
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