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vocab list 6
class
10
English
Not Applicable
03/01/2017

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Term
adjacent
Definition
  • next to something else

Clara parked her bike adjacent to mine and locked them together.

Term
accost
Definition

 

  • - approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.

  • Celebrities are often accosted by aggressive fans hoping for an autograph.

Term
 procure
Definition

 

  • to obtain (something), especially with care or effort.

  • In order for Jeremy to procure his new Xbox One, he had to work another part time job as a paperboy and save enough money to purchase it.

Term
 perpetrate
Definition

 

  • to carry out or commit a harmful, illegal, or immoral action.

  • The perpetrator broke into the school office and stole $45 worth of fax paper.

Term
devour
Definition

 

  • to eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.

  • Having not had food for several weeks, the great white wolf eagerly devoured its prey and disappeared into the night.

Term
perplex
Definition

 

  • to complicate or confuse a person or situation.

  • A progressive computer test becomes more perplexing as a student answers questions correctly eventually becoming too complicated to answer.

Term
mein
Definition

 

  • A person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood.

  • Her overall mein is one of peaceful elegance and class, as opposed to her sister who always wears an evil grin.

Term
servile
Definition

 

  • - Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.

Term
chastise
Definition

 

  • to rebuke or reprimand severely.

Term
strident
Definition
  • loud and harsh; grating.

  • Mandy's voice became harsh, almost strident as she described how Mike intentionally busted her new Galaxy 8 phone.

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