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

to make more noticeable

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

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

To strive for an ambitious goal

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 adj. (boisterously)

Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

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

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Decorum n.

Behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.

    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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refugee n. (refugees)

A person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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