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Accentuate
The girl accentuated her bright orange hair with a giant yellow bow which seemed to make it even more orange!
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To make more noticeable
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Aspire
When I was younger, I aspired to become a famous stage actor even though I knew it was an unattainable goal |
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to strive for an ambitious goal
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Boisterous
The students in the gym were really boisterous yelling and cheering on their bubble ball teamates.
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noisy, energetic and cheerful, rowdy
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Decorum
It took all the decorum Frankie had to walk past the group of boys with class and not look at them while they scremed for her phone number.
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behavior in keeping with good taste, etiquette
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Refugee
Many children refugees experience the horrors of war before they leave their home countriesin order to find a safe place to live.
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a person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natrual disaster
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Endure
It is unbelieveable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile. |
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to patiently suffer something painful or difficult, to remain in existence or last a long time
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Conviction
It is my film conviction that all students have the ability to learn and be successful.
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a family healed belief, a formal ruling that someone is guilty of a crime
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Monastry
Brother lived in a beautiful monastry on Boliva for most of his life. |
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Definition
the place where group of nuns or monks work and live either as a group or alone
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Emit
When the motion sensor is triggered the alarm system emits a loud siren and contacts the authorities.
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to make a sound
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Mere
James thought that he had punched Mike really hard, but he merely tapped him. |
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the smallest or slightest
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