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The Dog that Bit People
Vocabulary of The Dog that Bit people
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English
10th Grade
09/05/2014

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Climax

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Definition: Points of highest interest or excitement

Example: The climax of the story is when the villian fights the hero

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Compels

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Definition: Forces to do something

Examples: The judge compelled that guy to comunity service

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Favorable

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Definition: Benificial or advantageous

Example: The weather is not favorable to play soccer

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Foliage

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Definition: Leaves of a plant

Example: The foliage of the plant of my garden is green right now, but later will be orange

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Municipal

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Definition: Part of the local government

Example: Johnny Araya was one of the municipal officials in San José.

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Residents

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Definition: People who live in a place

Example: The residents in Costa Rica are happier than the Nicaragua residents

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Specimens

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Definition: Part of a group to be used as sample

Example: We used human specimens for our experiments

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Varying

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Definition: Different; changing

Example: My mood varies with the weather, if it is sunny I am happy, if rains I am sad.

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Blemished


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Definition: Stained; marked with a flaw

Example: My skin is blemished because I had acne.

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Burly

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Definition: Strong, large and muscular

Example: He is burly because he goes to the gym.

 

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Commences

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Definition: begin; starts

Examples: The next world cup commences in 2018

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Harmonious

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Definition: Balanced in a pleasing way

Example: We live in a harmonious country

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Inconceivable

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Definition: Unbelievable; unimaginable

Example: It was inconceivable that Brasil lose 7-1

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Incredulity


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Definition: Inability to believe.

Example: The Brasil team still has incredulity after their lost

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Postscript

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Definition: A note added at the end of a piece of writing

Example: This book has not a postscript

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