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Wordly Wise 3000 Book 5
Lesson 10 sentences
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English
5th Grade
02/24/2014

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available (adj.)
Definition
The salesperson said the jacket was _________ in black, brown, and white.
Term
bondage (noun)
Definition
More than three thousand years ago, Moses led the Jewish people out of _______ in Egypt.
Term
donate (verb)
Definition
People across the country _____(ed) food and clothing to the victims of the flood.
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donation (noun)
Definition
________(s) to help rebuild the community center now total sixty thousand dollars.
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establish (verb)
Definition
_________(ed) in 1636, Harvard College, now part of Harvard University, is the oldest college in the United States.
OR
Scientists have _________(ed) beyond any doubt that smoking causes cancer and other diseases.
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establishment (noun)
Definition
Many restaurants, stores, and other _________(s) now ban smoking.
Term
evade (verb)
Definition
The chipmunk ____(ed) the cat by scrambling up a tree.
OR
Persons who _____ paying income taxes can find themselves in serious trouble.
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evasive (adj.)
Definition
The captured prisoners were _______ when asked who had helped them escape.
Term
liberate (verb)
Definition
A group objecting to experiments on animals opened the monkey cages and _______(ed) the animals inside them.
Term
numerous (adj.)
Definition
The bus makes ________ stops before it leaves us at school
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occasion (noun)
Definition
I recognized Marcia at once because we had met on a previous ________.
Term
occasional (adj.)
Definition
We make an __________ trip to town to pick up supples.
Term
oppose (verb)
Definition
Moin, my best friend, will ______ me in the tennis finals.
Term
opposition (noun)
Definition
There was no __________ to the proposal, which passed by a vote of 16 to 0.
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prohibit (verb)
Definition
The law now ________(s) smoking in many public places.
Term
pursue (verb)
Definition
Police _____(ed) the stolen car in a high-speed chase across town.
OR
Do you intend to ______ a career in medicine?
Term
pursuit (noun)
Definition
In the early, 1930's, people desperate for work poured into cities in _______ of jobs.
OR
Jennie and Bruce enjoy canoeing and other outdoor _______(s) during the summer.
Term
reassure (verb)
Definition
I was nervous before the recital, but my piano teacher _______(ed) me.
Term
reassurance (noun)
Definition
Coach Ward's _________(s) made us more optimistic about our chance of winning.
Term
reluctant (adj.)
Definition
We were _________ to leave our warm beds when we saw the ice on the windows.
Term
reluctance (noun)
Definition
With great __________, I agreed to clean my room before my cousins arrived on Saturday.
Term
superior (adj.)
Definition
Margot made the team because she is a ________ runner.
OR
A cardinal is ________ to a bishop in the Catholic church.
Term
superior (noun)
Definition
I reported to my ________ as soon as I returned to work.
Term
yearn (verb)
Definition
Dorothy told the Wizard of Oz that she _____(ed) to be back in Kansas.
Term
yearning (noun)
Definition
As rain leaked slowly through the roof of our tent, I was filled with a ________ for my warm, dry bed at home.
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