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Vocab list 3
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Language - English
8th Grade
02/09/2018

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Term

Accentuate

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Definition

(-d, -s, -ing) to make more noticeable

 

Sample sentence

The girl accentuated her bright orange hair with a giant yellow bow which seemed to make it even more orange!

Term

Aspire

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Definition

 

(-d, -s, -ing, aspiration) to strive for an ambitious goal

 

Sample sentence

When I was younger, I aspired to become a famous stage actor even though I felt it was an unattainable goal.

Term

Boisterous

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Definition

 

(boisterously) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

Sample sentence

The students in the gym were really boisterous yelling and cheering-on their Bubble Ball teammates.

Term

Decorum

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Definition

behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.

Sample sentence

 

    It took all the decorum Frankie had to walk past the group of boys with class and not look at them while they screamed for her phone number.

Term

Refugee

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Definition

(refugees) a person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.

 

Sample sentence

 

Many child refugees experience the horrors of war before they leave their home countries in order to find a safe place to live.

 

Term

Endure

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Definition

-d, -s, -ing, endurance) to patiently suffer something painful or difficult; to remain in existence or last a long time.

 

Sample sentence

 

It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile.

 

Term

Cringe

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Definition

(-ed, -s, -ing) to feel disgust or embarrassment often through movement of your face or body; to make a sudden movement out of fear of being hurt.

 

Sample sentence

 

Many English teachers cringe when they hear their students use the non-word "mines."

Term

Alienate

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Definition

 

(-ed, -s, -ing) to cause someone to feel that he or she no longer belongs to a particular group or part of society.

 

Sample sentence

He alienated most of his friends with his bad temper and soon no one even texted him anymore.

Term

Conviction

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Definition

 

(convict, -ed, -s, -ing) a firmly held belief;  a formal ruling that someone is guilty of a crime.

 

Sample sentence

 

It is my firm conviction that all students have the ability to learn and be successful.

Term

Monastery

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Definition

(-ed, -s, -ing) the place where a group of nuns or monks work and live either as a group or alone.

 

Sample sentence

Brother Maurice lived in a beautiful monastery on Bolivia for most of his life

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