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WWAW List #6
ELA - McD
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English
9th Grade
02/02/2016

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Term

 

clam

 

 

clamorous

 

The boy broke his ankle & let our a clamorous

cry of pain.

Definition

 

cry out

 

 

making a loud & confused noise

 

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Term

clud

 

 

exclude

 

When the students were trying to be mean, they excluded

him from the group.

Definition

close

 

 

deny access or keep someone/something out of a place

 

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Term

curr

 

 

incur

 

Because they girl had a hard heart & very bad behavior, she incurred a severe punishment.

Definition

run

 

 

become subject to something unwelcome/unpleasant as a result of one's own behavior or actions

 

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Term

dign

 

 

dignify

 

 

The soldier was dignified as he won the metal of honor.

Definition

worthy

 

 

make something seem worthy & impressive, give an impressive name to

 

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Term

gamy

 

monogamy

 

My Mom is in a monogamous relationship since she is only married to one person.

Definition

marriage

 

 

the practice or state of being married to ONE person at a time

 

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Term

germ

 

germane

 

When you are in LA class you should not be doing your math homework, it is not germane.

Definition

vital/related

 

 

revelant to a subject under consideration (relevant or pertinent)

 

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Term

grat

 

migratory

 

Animals are migratory because they often move from place to place in search of better climates.

 

Definition

pleasing

 

 

moving or travelling to a place that is more pleasing than where you are already located

 

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greg

 

 

gregarious

 

I feel that I am a very gregarious person because I try not to be mean to people.

 

 

Definition

group

 

 

fond of company or very sociable (easy to get along with)

 

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Term

junct

 

 

conjunction

 

Classes throughout the day are in conjunction with each other because they are taking place at the same time in the school building.

Definition

join

 

 

the act of two or more events/things occurring at the same point in time or space

 

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Term

liber

 

 

liberate

 

When they man was falsely accused of a crime his lawyer proved his innocence & then liberated him from jail.

Definition

free

 

 

set someone free from a situation (prision/slavery), free from enemy occupation

 

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Term

luc

 

 

lucid

 

 

The directions were very lucid, I knew exactly what to do!

Definition

light

 

 

expressed clearly, easy to understand, bright or luminous

 

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Term

mar

 

 

ultramarine

 

 

My Mom says that I look good in the color ultramarine.

Definition

sea

 

 

deep blue color, beyond the sea

 

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Term

medi

 

 

 

I use to swing a Combat which is a mediocre bat compared to Easton or Denmarini.

Definition

middle

 

 

of only moderate or middle quality, not very good

 

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Term

migr

 

 

ingrate

 

 

If you take advantage of your parents you are an ingrate!

 

 

Definition

pleasing

 

 

an ungrateful person, very ungrateful

 

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Term

plu

 

 

plurality

 

 

Bill Clinton was not considered the plurality since he didn't win the majority of the people's votes.

Definition

more

 

 

being plural or having more than one, candidate who recieves more votes than someone else but not the majority

 

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Term

prim

 

 

primate

 

 

 The Bishop of a church is the highest ranking primate.

 

 

Definition

first

 

 

any group of the first animals, including people, apes & monkeys or first in authority of rank

 

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Term

pyro

 

 

pyrogenic

 

 

Gas is a pyrogenic when a match is applied to it.

Definition

fire

 

 

caused or produced by combustion or the application of heat

 

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Term

rupt

 

 

disrupt

 

 

When you are loud in class and people are taking a test, it causes a major disruption.

Definition

break

 

 

interrupt by causing a disruption or problem

 

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Term

se

 

 

secede

 

 

States will secede if they don't believe in their groups beliefs.

Definition

apart

 

 

go your on way, break away from any ties that you may have

 

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Term

soph

 

 

philosophy

 

 

The phlosophy of all teachers is to teach as much knowledge to their students as they can!

Definition

wisdom

 

 

study of general & fundamental nature of reality & knowledge

 

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Term

string

 

 

stringent

 

My stepdad is very stringent when it comes to use being poliet.

Definition

bind

 

 

strict, precise & exact (sticking to the rule without faltering), demanding, inflexible

 

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Term

tang

 

 

tangible

 

 

Money is a tangible object.

Definition

touch

 

 

able to be touched (or felt)

 

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Term

tempor

 

 

temporal

 

 

The guy was very temporal, everything he did was about the present life.

Definition

time

 

 

 

of or relating to time, secular or present life

 

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Term

trans

 

 

translucent

 

 

The stain glass window was translucent, I could see the rays of light from the sunshine but not the actual sunshine itself.

Definition

across

 

 

allowing light, but not detailed images to pass through

 

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Term

trib

 

 

attribute

 

 

I attribute my good grades to my Mom always studying with me!

Definition

pay

 

 

regard something as being caused by something else, a piece of information that determines something else

 

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