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Alliaa
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24
Language - English
Undergraduate 4
02/02/2012

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Term

acknowledge

 

Definition

ankle nowege

verb

  knowing

stubborn people often it diffucult to acknowlege their errors. They hate were wrong.

 

Term
avert
Definition

aver

to avoid

verb

 

i want to stay way from my mom to avert a fight.

Term
dialog
Definition

dielog

noun.

to speak

a script is a form of dialog

Term
Extensive
Definition

Extened

large amount

adjective

Selena did extensive reseach for her paper it took her sevral weeks.

 

Term
Erratic
Definition

Err

adjective

irregular

children's eating habits are erratic.

Term
ILLUMINATE
Definition

Illum

verb

to light up

Before electricity street illuminated by gas light.

 

Term
Delete
Definition

Del

to get rid of

verb

 The invitation list is too long .Unless we delete a few names .the  party will be crowded

 

Term
Menace
Definition

ace

noun

danger

Acid rain is the biggest menace to the survival of  freashwater fish.

Term

Undermine

 

Definition

under

verb

to weakin

Leroy tried to unermine the coach's authority by makeing jokes behind his back.

Term
gruesome
Definition

grues

frighting

adjective

The automobile accident was so greusome that i look away from the horrible sight

Term
Hypocrite
Definition

Hypo

An insincere  person

noun

 sometimes when i work i deal with hypocrites.

Term
Urban
Definition

urr

adjective

city

Gladys  likes urban living because she grew up in the city but  Emillo who grew on a farm , prefers country life.

Term
Greusome
Definition

greu

adjective

frighting

The automobile accident was so greusome that  I had  to look away  from the horrible sight.

Term
hypocrite
Definition

hypocrite

adjective

an insincere person

Dominic is such a hypocrite.He cheats his costmers while complaining  about how hard it to be an honest person

Term
Erode
Definition

erode

verb

to wear away

As water eroded the topsoil, the tree roots beneath it became more and more visible

 

Term
Endrose
Definition

Endrose

to support

verb

to support

Some athlete earn more money endorsing such products as cerial and footwear then they do playing sports

Term
Novice
Definition

Novice

noun

a beginner

Because  my father had never played a game of tennis , he will join a class  for novices.

Term
 Concise
Definition

con

adjective

clear and brief

because of limited  space , most newspaper articles must be concise

Term
sustain
Definition

sus

verb

to continue

an opera singer can sustain a high note for a long perod of time.

Term
Superfical
Definition

superfiacial

adjective

lacking depth

my teacher said my  essay on divorce was to superfical.

Term

scapegoat

 

Definition

scape

noun

someone to blame

sevrial girls put dye into their high school swimming pool .in need  ofa scapegoat .they blamed another student.

Term
inter
Definition

between among

prefix

internent

Term
dis
Definition

away from not

prefixes

disappear

Term

chron

 

Definition

time

root

chronic

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