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| blight Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Noun,. A disease that damages plants. Ruin or destruction. To do harm to others. A vote of censure by the United States Senate will blight a politician's career |
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| cite Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Verb, to give as an example to mention or phrase to be summoned to court. John was cited for speeding down the road when he brought his friend to the hospital. |
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| clemency Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Noun, mercy. The man asked the court for clemency and claimed that someone had stolen his identity and framed him. |
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| eccentric Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Adjective, odd Noun, a person who behaves abnormal. My father was convinced that my brother’s tattoos were just another example of his eccentric behavior. |
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| farce Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Noun, a humorous play a parody or mockery. Don Jack was the star of Boarding Times a hilarious farce about the news industry. |
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| foray Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Noun, sudden raid or attack. The guerrillas left the hills for occasional forays into the town to get food. |
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| glean Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Verb, to gather bit by bit. A lot of times John, cannot read news articles, so he gleans them, to find out what is happening in the world. |
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| nominal Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Adjective, in name only. Very small fee. The museum would only charge a nominal entrance fee of two dollars in order to attract more visitors. |
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| ostracize Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Verb, banishes. When the newspaper columnist began writing about the Bavarian town’s Nazi past, many of its citizens ostracized her. |
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| posthumous Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Adjective, occurring after death. Most Artists are only recognized for their works posthumous. |
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| quash Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Verb, to crush or destroy prohibit legally. The British wanted to quash the continental army during the American Revolution. |
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| recipient Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Noun, one who revives. Dustin Hoffman has twice been the recipient of an Academy Award. |
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| ribald Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Adjective, vulgar, rude jokes. Boccaccio was a fourteenth-century Italian writer whose masterpiece, Decameron, contained ten ribald stories. |
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| suffrage Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Noun, the right to vote. The twenty-sixth amendment to the Constitution extended suffrage to eighteen-year-olds. |
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| verve Brendan Coughlin section 2 Ms. Simmonson |
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| Noun, enthusiasm. English author Fay Weldon has been writing comic novels with undiminished verve for over twenty-five years. |
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