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Vocabulary Project

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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TANGIBLE

  • Capable of being touched
  • The iPad is tangible
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QUARRY

  • An animal being hunted
  • We quarry the bison
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DISARMING

  • Removing or capable of removing hostility
  • He has been disarmed from all weapons
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CULTIVATED

  • Educated; refined ; cultivated
  • After learning about Africa we have been cultivated

AMENITIES

  • any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure
  • Tim's house has many amenities
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CONDONE

  • to give tacit approval to
  • By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior.

DROLL

  • amusing in an odd way,whimsically humorous
  • The mime was performing in a droll manner
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SCRUPLE

  • A very small portion or ammount
  • The amount of food served was scruple
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SOLICTOUSLY

  • anxious or concerned
  • I was very solicitous about my dads cancer condition
Photo by Lisa Brewster

IMPERATIVE

  • Absolutely required
  • It is imperative to turn in our English project
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ZEALOUS

  • Full of, characterized by
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UNCANNY

  • To be beyond normal, extraordinary, Supernatural, in an unsettling way
  • One thing about Lathum, he had an uncanny way of being right about people.
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FRACTIOUS

  • Refractory or unruly
  • The inexperienced teacher found the fractious students difficult to control.
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POSSE

  • a body or force armed with legal authority.
  • Before Gibbons was out of sight, Dean slumped to the ground, with a look on his face that mirrored both of their disappointment that the man they were pursuing was now aware the two-man posse was closing in.
Photo by Jayel Aheram

EXODUS

  • a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people
  • The summer exodus to the country and shore
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MARAUDING

  • Engaged in raiding for plunder
  • Marauding bands of outlaws
Photo by Connor Tarter

BOON

  • Something to be thankful for, gift
  • The boon given to him was cool
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ENDURE

  • To hold out, to sustain from
  • We endured football practice today
Photo by Kullez

SUBSIST

  • To exist or to continue in existence
  • You subsist if your reading this sentence.
Photo by C-Monster

SUSTAIN

  • To hold or bear up from below
  • The house sustained the snow
Photo by Rob Shenk

EVADE

  • To dodge or pass
  • We evaded the car coming toward us
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PERSERVERANCE

  • Grace to the end
  • My first time mountain biking was hard but I persevered
Photo by Wesley Fryer

DILEMMA

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PREVAIL

  • To prove more powerful than the opposing forces
  • We will prevail against the war
Photo by I'm Daleth

INCITE

  • Encourage or stir up bad behavior
  • Kids like to incite bullying at our school
Photo by Little Box