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12/15/2016

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Term

monastery

 

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

n. (-ed, -s, -ing)

Definition
the place where a group of nuns or monks work and live either as a group or alone.
Term

conviction

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

n. (convict, -ed, -s, -ing)

Definition

 

a firmly held belief;  a formal ruling that someone is guilty of a crime.

Term

alienate

 

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

v. (-ed, -s, -ing)

Definition

 

to cause someone to feel that he or she no longer belongs to a particular group or part of society.

Term

cringe

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

 

 

v. (-ed, -s, -ing)

Definition

 

to feel disgust or embarrassment often through movement of your face or body; to make a sudden movement out of fear of being hurt.

Term

endure

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

 

 

v. (-d, -s, -ing, endurance)

Definition
to patiently suffer something painful or difficult; to remain in existence or last a long time.
Term

refugee

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

n. (refugees)

Definition
a person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster
Term

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.

Definition
behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette
Term

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.

Definition
behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette
Term

boisterous

 

noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

adj. (boisterously)

Definition
 

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

 

 
Term

aspire v.

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

(-d, -s, -ing, aspiration

Definition
to strive for an ambitious goal
Term

accentuate

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

 

 

v. (-d, -s, -ing)

Definition

 

to make more noticeable

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