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Waverly Miller, Week 10
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Literature
11th Grade
11/16/2011

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entails

The book entailed the moral of being kind to others

Definition

to cause or involve

 by necessity or as a consequence                                  verb

 

 

[v. en-teyl; n. en-teyl, en-teyl] 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term

render

 She was pretty, well educated, and possessed so much independence and keenness of mind that this alone would have sufficed to render her remarkable.

Definition

to cause to be or become; make

 [ren-der]

verb

 

 

Term

juxtapose

Here, the ingredients are too obviously juxtapose.

Definition

to place close together or side by side, especially for comparisonor contrast.

 verb

[juhk-stuh-pohz, juhk-stuh-pohz]

Term

allude

The letter alludes to something now forgotten.

Definition

to contain a casual or indirect reference 

verb

[uh-lood] 

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corroborate

He corroborated my account ofthe accident.

Definition

to make more certain; confirm
verb

[v. kuh-rob-uh-reyt; adj. kuh-rob-er-it]  

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