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accentuate
The girl accentuated her bright orange hair with a giant yellow bow which seemed to make it even more orange! |
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to make more noticeable
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aspire
When I was younger, I aspired to become a famous stage actor even though I felt it was an unattainable goal. |
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boisterous
The students in the gym were really boisterous yelling and cheering-on their Bubble Ball teammates. |
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noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
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boisterous
The students in the gym were really boisterous yelling and cheering-on their Bubble Ball teammates. |
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noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
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decorum
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. |
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behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.
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refugee
Many child refugees experience the horrors of war before they leave their home countries in order to find a safe place to live. |
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a person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.
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endure
It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile. |
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to patiently suffer something painful or difficult; to remain in existence or last a long time.
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cringe
Many English teachers cringe when they hear their students use the non-word "mines." |
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Definiton
to feel disgust or embarrassment often through movement of your face or body; to make a sudden movement out of fear of being hurt.
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alienate
He alienated most of his friends with his bad temper and soon no one even texted him anymore. |
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to cause someone to feel that he or she no longer belongs to a particular group or part of society.
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conviction
It is my firm conviction that all students have the ability to learn and be successful. |
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a firmly held belief; a formal ruling that someone is guilty of a crime.
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monastery
Brother Maurice lived in a beautiful monastery on Bolivia for most of his life. |
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the place where a group of nuns or monks work and live either as a group or alone.
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