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Action words
Sometimes linking verbs such as "is" or "am" (see page 15 of your workbook) |
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A word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun.
Hint: describes a noun by answering the questions What kind? Which one? How many?
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Describes a verb or another adjective or adverb.
Answers the questions Where? WHen? How? To what extent?
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| rhyme that occurrs at the end of the line of a poem |
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| thyme that occurrs inside the lines of a poem |
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| when words of a line of a poem are switched to keep rhyme scheme |
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| tough; stubborn; not letting go |
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| done or acting in a secretive manner |
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| troublesome or oppressive; burdensome |
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| an insatiable appetite for an activity; eager to consume great amounts of food. |
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| ready to serve; eager in offering unwanted advice or services. |
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| seeks and enjoys the company of others; sociable |
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| a gradual reduction or weakening; a rubbing away |
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| enlightenment; instruction |
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| a cleansing with water or liquid, especially as a religious ritual; the liquid used in such an act. |
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| the art of public speaking |
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| to cause to twist or bend; to suffer acutely as in pain or embarrassment. |
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| ordinary; moving on foot. |
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| : bind the wings so as not to fly; confine |
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| casual; carefree and nonchalant; arrogant disregard;gallant gentleman |
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| to encourage or incite to action |
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| to distribute by or as if by measure; allot |
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| to make useless; cancel; undo |
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| to involve in argument or hostile action; to throw in disorder |
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| to speak or write evasively |
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| straightforward; open and sincere in expression |
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| having to do with artistic beauty |
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| excessively and objectionably sentimental |
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| cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature; disreputable |
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| a continuous whole without clear division into parts |
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| strenuous physical or mental labor or effort; the labor of childbirth |
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| to make or become greater |
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| enthusiastic; bubbling with excitement |
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| to flinch; to shrink back or start aside, as from a blow of pain |
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| caution; discreet; exercising good judgment |
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| having an ambiguous or hidden meaning |
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| hot-tempered; quick to anger |
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| Characterized by an authoritative, often arrogant, assertion of opinions or beliefs |
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| a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh. Insulting language; a tirade |
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| capable of being touched or felt |
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| expected to answer for one’s actions; responsible, liable, answerable |
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| a slight or trifling sin, a minor offense |
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| dead or inactive; having ceased to exist |
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| brief and to the point; concise and terse |
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| cautious; heedful of situations and potential consequences |
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| fortress over looking a city; a stronghold |
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| a period or condition of depression or inactivity |
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| pleasant to be around; agreeable |
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| a long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills |
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| something one hopes to achieve; goal |
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| someone willing to sacrifice and even give his/ her life for a cause; also one who pretends suffering to gain sympathy |
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