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Think about making handshakes in fable.
Someone who is gregarious and courteous. |
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someone who tries to change metals into gold.
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| go up; opposite of descend |
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to increase
(This one is hard to remember, try to think of a way to remember it) |
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an omen or prophecy
Several auguries were revealed to Caesar before his death |
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lacking higher values
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to hand down to the next person
* bequeath sounds like beneath and remember BE-stow means to give
(I bequeathed my gym shorts to my brother after graduating high school) |
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thinking you're all that
* Don't be conceit or you'll have no friends |
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| something that contaminates |
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| secret, CONCEALED( notice the COVER-t in covert) Can you see someone when they're behind COVER-t. |
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| to give or BESTOW(grant) something like the right to vote |
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to cause/produce/create
* I engendered a nuclear meltdown by pressing a button
*en-GENDER-think of it as between a male and female= babies
*I engendered confusion |
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to praise/glorify/ RAISE IN RANK
* He exalted to the chief minister. |
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an earnest request
*remember what earnest means? e.g. a beggar begging rich people for money
I entreat you to take care of Susan. |
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