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Language - English
8th Grade
02/06/2018

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Term

ACCENTUATE

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Definition

DEFINITION

to make more noticeable

 

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

accentuated, accentuates, accentuating

 

SAMPLE SENTENCE

The girl accentuated her bright orange hair with a giant yellow bow which seemed to make it even more orange!

 

 

Term

ASPIRE

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Definition

DEFINITION

to strive for an ambitious goal

 

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

aspired, aspires, aspiring, aspiration

 

SAMPLE SENTENCE

When I was younger, I aspired to become a famous stage actor even though I felt it was an unattainable goal.

 

Term

BOISTEROUS

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Definition

 DEFINITION

noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

 

The students in the gym were really boisterous yelling and cheering-on their Bubble Ball teammates.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

boisterously

 

Term

DECORUM

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

It took all the decorum Frankie had to walk past the group of boys with class and not look at them while they screamed for her phone number.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

none

Term

REFUGEE

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

a person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

 

Many child refugees experience the horrors of war before they leave their home countries in order to find a safe place to live.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

refugees

Term

ENDURE

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Definition

DEFINITION

to patiently suffer something painful or difficult; to remain in existence or last a long time.

SAMPLE SENTENCE
It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile.
WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

endured, endures, enduring, endurance

Term

CRINGE

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Definition

DEFINITION

to feel disgust or embarrassment often through movement of your face or body; to make a sudden movement out of fear of being hurt.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

Many English teachers cringe when they hear their students use the non-word "mines."

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

cringy, cringes, cringed, cringing

Term

ALIENATE

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Definition

DEFINITION

 

to cause someone to feel that he or she no longer belongs to a particular group or part of society.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

He alienated most of his friends with his bad temper and soon no one even texted him anymore.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

alienated, alienates, alienating

 

Term

CONVICTION

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Definition

DEFINITION

a firmly held belief;  a formal ruling that someone is guilty of a crime.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

 

It is my firm conviction that all students have the ability to learn and be successful.

WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

convict, -ed, -s, -ing

Term

MONASTERY

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Definition

DEFINITION

the place where a group of nuns or monks work and live either as a group or alone.

SAMPLE SENTENCE

Brother Maurice lived in a beautiful monastery on Bolivia for most of his life.


WORD FAMILY MEMBERS

-ed, -s, -ing

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