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Vocab List III
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01/19/2016

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Term

ACCENTUATE

 

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

Definition

To make more noticable 

 v. (-d,-s,ing)

Term

ASPIRE

 

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

 

 

Definition

To strive for an ambitious goal

 v. (-d, -s, -ing, aspiration)

Term

BOISTEROUS

 

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

Definition

noisy, energenic, and cheerful;rowdy

adj.(-ly)

Term

DECORUM

 

Ex. 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

(noun)

Term

REFUGEE

 

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

Definition

Aperson forced to leave their countryin order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster. 

 

noun. (refugees)

Term

ENDURE

 

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

Definition

To patiently suffer something painful or diffucult;to remain in existence or last a long time

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

Term

CONVICTION

 

Ex. It is my film conviction that all students have the ability to learn and be succesful

Definition

A family healed belief; a formal ruling that someone is guilty of a crime

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

Term

MONASTERY

 

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

Definition

The place where a group of nuns or monks work and live either as a group or alone.

n.(monastic)

Term

EMIT

Ex. When the motion sensor is triggered the alarm system emits a loud siren and contacts the authorities

Definition

To make a sound

v.(-d,-s,-ing) 

Term

MERE

Ex. James thought he had punched Mike really hard, but he merely tapped him 

Definition

The smallest or the slightest 

adj.(merely)

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