accentuate

Definition: to make more noticeable

Family Members: accentuated, accentuating, accentuates

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

aspire

Definition: to make more noticeable

Family Members: aspired, aspiring, aspired

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

boisterous

Definition: noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

Family Members: boisterously

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

decorum

Definition: behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.

Family Members: none

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.

refugee

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

family members: refugees

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.

ENDURE

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

family members: endured, enduring, endures, endurance

sample sentence: It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile.

CRINGE

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.

family members: cringed, cringes, cringing

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

alienate

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

family members: alienated, alienates, alienating

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

conviction

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

family members: convict, convicting, convicted, convicts

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

monastery

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

family members:

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