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U 1 Vocab

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Definition
show something that impedes progress or achievement  
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show Ghost encounters a serious _____ with his father and must escape with his mother to survive.  
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COURAGE   show
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show It took for ______ Ghost to go back into the house where his father attacked him and his mother.  
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show Winter apparel should be warm and cozy.  
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show We’ll dispatch a repair crew right away.  
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forsake   show
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ingenious   show
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misgiving   show
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DENOUNCE   show
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show The Vietnamese immigrants, new to a strange American city, were famished for news of home.  
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inept   show
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show (noun) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation about whom it is made (verb) to write or publish a statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of another person  
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show (noun) a meal, food  
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show he ability to recover from misfortune  
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show Ghost and his mother both demonstrate incredible _____ when they move forward with their lives after surviving the arrest of the father.  
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show strong determination that allows one to do something difficult  
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show Ghost finally had the _____ to share his secret with his teammates.  
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APPAREL   show
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show (V) to send out for a purpose; (N) an official message  
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show (N) a feeling of fear or doubt.  
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show (ADJ) remarkably clever  
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show (V) to give up or abandon  
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show The United Nations decided to publicly ____ the tyrant's crimes.  
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FAMISHED   show
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INEPT   show
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show The young celebrity accused her unauthorized biographer of ____. It is a crime to _____ others, no matter you feel about them.  
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repast   show
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BESIEGE   show
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show If troops ______ their stronghold, the rebel forces may be forced to surrender.  
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COMPRESS   show
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show The editor helped _____ my rambling 25-page mystery into an 8-page thriller. A cold _____ may soothe headache pain.  
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DOUSE   show
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douse   show
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GAINFUL   show
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show I hope to find _____ employment that is pleasing to me.  
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show (N) A stupid person; a big clumsy, slow individual  
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show He generally moved like an _____, so I was surprised to see how graceful he was on the dance floor.  
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show plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose .  
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expressly   show
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IMMENSE   show
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immense   show
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INSTANTANEOUS   show
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show Some of life’s rewards are instantaneous; others are a long time in coming.  
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show (verb) to annoy, trouble, make weary  
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show Students who do not complete their work _____ their teachers and parents because it seems like they do not want to succeed.  
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show (verb) to go or move backward; (verb) to become more distant  
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show Far away on the horizon, we saw the tiny figures of a lonely traveler and his mule _____ into the sunset.  
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show manner of conducting oneself  
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habit   show
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show To achieve by effort  
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attain   show
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show To summon to a contest of skill or strength; OR to call into question  
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challenge   show
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