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n. To follow; to come as a result of
When the principle declared the next day a holiday, shouting and claping ensued. |
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adj. Causing grief or pain; hard to bear
It was a Grievous loss to the entire family when my dog died. |
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v. 1. To cover, as with water from a flood.
The valley was inundate when the dam burst.
v. 2. To load with with a massive amount of something
Fans inundated Met-Life Stadium during the Super Bowl. |
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v. To stop from being angry; to calm down
I was able to placate Smadar, when I explained to her why I was late. |
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adj. 1. Most important
ASPCA's principle objective is to keep dogs safe.
n. 1. Something/one that is most important
Veterans are the principlas in the dispute over bringing home the troops.
n. 2. The head of school
Our principal is Morah Smadar
n. 3. The money owed (without the intrest)
You will need $9000 to pay the principal on the car loan.
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v. 1. To move back or to drop to a lower level
I picked up a monoply card that told me to recede 3 spaces back.
v. 2. To become fainter
The green paint on the wall receded as it turned into a lighter shade of green. |
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n. 1. Something given up for the sake of another
The parents sacrificed many things so their son could go to college.
n. 2. an offiring to god
Moses made many sacrifices on an altar.
v. 1. to give something up for another
I sacrificed my privacy so my cousin would have a room to sleep in.
v. 2. To offer something of great value to god
Moses sacrificed beautiful things to god.```` |
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v. to say firmly; to declare
The orincipla asserted that their will be no running during fire drills. |
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v. 1. To turn away
I averted my eyes from the scary scenes in the movie.
v. 2. To keep from happening
The driver averted the accident by hitting the brakes. |
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adj. 1. Without much hope
After 4 hrs. of selling lemonade the kids started selling their lemonade bleakly.
adj. 2. cold; exposed to bad wheather.
Peguins seem to survive in Antartica's bleak weather. |
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adj. 1. Cheerful; carefree
The children's blithe mood was caused because of the funny clown.
adj. 2. Not showing proper care
The driver showed a blithe indifference to the kids' saftey on the highway. |
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adj. Well behaved; easy to handle
Kids under the age of 6 get very docile horses to ride. |
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v. To watch and observe closely and frequently
Kids hate when Parent monitor their social life.
n. A video screen used to display information
Most computers need monitors to dispay their information. |
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adj. 1. Able to move quickly and easily
The guitarist's nimble fingers were able to play a beautiful solo during the concert.
adj. 2. Clever; showing quickness of thinking
Only nimble minds can solve the rubix cube. |
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n. a difficult or dangerous condition or situation
Many people know how much of a plight homeless people are in, but still they never help homeless people. |
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n. an edge or border
Polar bears were on the verge of being exticnt for a while.
v. being close to the edge or border of
border control verges the mexican american border often. |
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v. 1. to separte from
I detached the ticket stub from the ticket.
v. 2. lacking cincern; not taking sides
I stayed detached when my friends had a fight so one of them wouldn't be angry t me. |
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n. a unit of measurment that used to measure the depth of water, equal to six feet.
I went scuba diving 6 fathoms under sea level.
v. to figure out; to understand
I will fathom the rubix cube. |
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adj. Seeming to go on for a long time; boring
posting labels on my bar mitzvah invations was very tedious. |
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adj. Comletly unharmed
there was a lucky few that were unscathed from the Boston Marathon bombing. |
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n. 1. A deep opening in the earth
Yesterday i walked ober and abyss on a sturdy bridge
n. 2. Anything to deep to measure
they had to build special telescopes to see the big abyss of space in Australia. |
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v. To settle a dissagreement with a third indifferent person that heard both sides
The U.S. arbitrated many dissagreement bet. Israel and iraq |
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adj. 1. very religiuos
devout muslims pray 5 times a day
adj. 2. Sincere
I am a devout believer of Global Warming. |
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v. 1. to slope
it was hard for me to incline with my skiis because the incline of the mountain was so steep.
v. 2. to be likely to; to have a fondness for
i was inclined to get a good score because i studied hard
v. 3. to bend or bow (the head)
during one of our prayers, we incline our heads to show respect.
n. 4. a sloping surface
it was hard for me to incline with my skiis because the incline of the mountain was so steep. |
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v. 1. to comprimise
i needed to give up many things for a comprmise with my brothers
v. 2. to show or to share something secretive
suspect #2 comprimised his brother's plans
n. a compromise
I AM GO0D AT MAKING COMPROMISES |
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v. to enter in order to settle or help something
my mom always intervenes in my fights with my brothers |
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adj. 1. holy; having to do with religion
The kotel is sacred to us.
adj. 2. worthy of getting alot of respect
the Budaa statue is a sacred figure to some. |
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