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Vocab J3
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09/29/2016

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Term
melancholy
Definition
feeling of thoughtful sadness
Unique sentence: A feeling of melancholy runs through his prose.
Term
knots
Definition
Parts of speech: n.
Definition:a tight cluster of people or things
Unique sentence: A small knot of women listened to his sermon.
Term
surreptitiously
Definition
Parts of speech: adv.
Definition: sneakily
Unique sentence: He was watching her surreptitiously as she waited in the hotel lobby.
Term
flourish
Definition
Parts of speech: n.
Definition:grow stronger
Unique sentence: She entered with a great flourish.
Term
flaws
Definition
Parts of speech:n. / v.
Definition:an imperfection in a device or machine
Unique sentence: He has his flaws, but he was great nonetheless.
Term
savor
Definition
Parts of speech:n.
Definition: relish; nip
Unique sentence: While they bite into the fruit. they could labor the various blends of fiber and juices.
Term
stumbling
Definition
Parts of speech:adj.
Definition: an unsteady uneven gait
Unique sentence:I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant.
Term
brittle
Definition
Parts of speech:adj.
Definition: lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
Unique sentence:Brittle things break easily.
Term
choicest
Definition
Parts of speech:adj.
Definition: the beat thing
Unique sentence: I got a choicest thing from the store yesterday.
Term
distorted
Definition
Parts of speech:adj.
Definition: strained or wrecked out of normal shape
Unique sentence:Pain has distorted her face.
Term
shrill
Definition
Parts of speech: n. / adj. /v.
Definition:being sharply insistent on being heard
Unique sentence: The argument has gotten so shrill and divisive that i am bored by it.
Term
scorn
Definition
Parts of speech:n.
Definition:lack of respect accompanied by s feeling of intense dislike
Unique sentence: He is a target for scorn.
Term
literally
Definition
Parts of speech: adv.
Definition: without exaggeration
Unique sentence: Our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War.
Term
indulgent
Definition
Parts of speech: adj.
Definition:characterized by or given to yielding to the wished of someone.
Unique sentence: You are too indulgent with your children.
Term
similes
Definition
Parts of speech: n.
Definition: A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds.
Unique sentence: Similes is the same as imagination.
Term
metaphors
Definition
Parts of speech: n.
Definition: A figure of speech in which an expression is dudes to refer to something that it does not literally denote to suggest a similarity.
Unique sentence: There are plenty of metaphors in our life.
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