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| Abase For me to abase my boss I had to show I was good at work. |
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| Verb-To lower rank or position |
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| Absolved I absolved Ms. Cheney for forgetting our homework. |
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| Accolade The accolades given to me at the party gave me hope. |
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| Berate My boss berated my work. |
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| Blatant The blatant attempt to destroy the capital broke my heart. |
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| Compliant My compliant boss got us new desks like we asked. |
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| Adjective-Tends to go along with |
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| Craven My craven husband ran away from the mouse. |
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| Defamation The defamation came from my boss. |
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| Derogatory The derogatory words came from my sister. |
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| Adjective-Rude nature of a comment |
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| Eclectic The eclectic music on this CD was good. |
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| Emulate To emulate the WWI battle we had to have uniforms. |
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| Germane The thought was germane to the work. |
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| Adjective-Related (relevant) |
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| Impetuous John made an impetuous move by demanding ice cream. |
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| Adjective-Rushed without thinking (impulsive) |
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| Incessant The incessant game kept me happy. |
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| Judicious My dad made judicious comments about my history questions. |
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| Malicious My malicious sister is mean at school. |
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| Obliterate The crook obliterated the crime scene for protection. |
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| Ostracize I was ostracizes for not being in style. |
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| Verb-To be socially cut out (one or group) |
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| Pensive My pensive neighbor gives out presents to me for Christmas. |
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| Respite I played Guild Wars during my Respite. |
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| Noun-A pause (from something bad) |
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| Aberration-- --My poor behavior at the party was an aberration. |
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| Noun-An unusual happening |
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| Abhor-- --I abhor mean people. |
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| Anomaly-- --The car was an anomaly because of its loud horn. |
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| Noun-Unusual difference (In a series) |
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| Apathy-- --The apathy at the concert made the band end early. |
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| Atrophy-- --My mussels atrophy when I sit and do my homework. |
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| Augment-- --My dad augmented my allowance with money for good grades |
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| Verb-Adding to (Enhancing) |
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| "Belittle- --I didn’t want to belittle my friend, but I told him he had to get more training in soccer." |
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| Cogent-- --The cogent speech was meaningful to me. |
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| Condone-- --For me to condone the decision made by the districts I had to read all the speeches. |
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| "Dispassionate-- --Since I am a dispassionate man towards voting, I had to take others opinions." |
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| Indelible-- --The indelible markings outside our room get annoying to look at every day. |
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| Innocuous-- --The innocuous bug got smashed by me. |
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| Insinuate-- --Mr. Mirer insinuted the answer with hand movements |
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| Panoply-- --The panoply of chairs in the room stood out to me like a giant fleet of warriors. |
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| Noun-Assortment of something |
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| Sanction-- --The sanction offered by the top general got people riled up. |
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| Succumb-- --I had to succumb to the south sideof the battle. |
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| Verb-To yield to something |
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| Taciturn-- --Those in the station were taciturn and peaceful. |
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| Urbane-- --The urbane guests at my party made me happy. |
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| Adjective-Someone Sophisticated |
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| Unanimity-- --The unanimity in the case was obvious. |
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| Vociferous-- --The vociferous chicken wakes us up in the morning. |
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| Aesthetic-- --The aesthetic feeling in the room kept us quiet. |
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| Adjective-Having a sense of beauty\art |
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| Cacophony-- --The cacophony in the band hall was overwhelming |
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| Noun-An unpleasant combination of sounds |
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| Concussion-- --I got a concussion when I was hit in the head with a football. |
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| Noun-An injury to the brain where the head suffers a violent shock |
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| Feign-- --I feigned illness to get out of class. |
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| Excursion-- --The excursion to my friend’s house was fun. |
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| Noun-A short trip for pleasure |
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| Harlequin-- --Then the harlequin clown came on to give the show some laughs. |
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| Adjective-Colorful varied pattern |
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| Imperceptibly-- --The color choices were imperceptibly different. |
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| Infinitely-- --The class seemed infinitely long. |
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| Adjective-Without any limits |
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| Insidious-- --My parents say that video games can have an insidious effect. |
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| Adjective-Bad or harmful without being obvious |
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| "Juggernaut-- --Once the word got out, the campaign moved like a juggernaut." |
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| Noun-A great unstoppable force |
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| Luminescent-- --I like to play with luminescent glow sticks after dark. |
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| Pantomime-- --I like to perform pantomime when I feel silly. |
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| Noun-A form of silent acting by expressing feelings |
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| Perfunctorily-- --She asked the question perfunctorily. |
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| Adjective-Done as a matter of duty |
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| Perpetual-- --It seems that I am in perpetual motion. |
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| Proboscis-- --The elephant used his proboscis to squirt water |
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| Noun-Any long flexible snout |
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| Proclivities-- --Sometimes I wish that one of my proclivities was remembering vocabulary words. |
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| Retaliation-- --John’s retaliation was just to give Henry a smack. |
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| Noun-To hurt someone in return for something |
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| Ruinous-- --The ruinous diet caused the dog to die. |
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| Salamander-- --The salamander came at me with force. |
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| Noun-An imaginary creature that can’t be hurt by fire |
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| Tactile-- --The tactile response on my keyboard is good. |
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| Adjective-Able to being felt by touch |
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