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Vocabulary List 3
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English
8th Grade
12/14/2016

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Term

Accentuate

 

word familes

(-d, -s, -ing)

 

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

Definition

Definition

 

to make more noticeable

Term

Aspire

 

word familes

(-d, -s, -ing, aspiration)


 

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

Definition

Definition

 

to strive for an ambitious goal

Term

Boisterous

 

word families

(boisterously)


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

Definition

Definition

 

 

noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

Term

Decorum


word families


 

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.

Definition

Definition

 

behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.

Term

Refugee

 

word families

(refugees)


 

  Many child refugees experience the horrors of war before they leave their home countries in order to find a safe place to live.

Definition

Definition

 

 

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

Term

Endure

 

word families

(-d, -s, -ing, endurance)


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

 

 
Definition

Definition


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

Term

Cringe

 

word families

(-ed, -s, -ing)


 

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

Definition

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.

Term

Alienate

 

word families

(-ed, -s, -ing)


 

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

Definition

Definition

 

 

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

Term

Conviction

 

word families

(convict, -ed, -s, -ing)


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

 

 
Definition

Definition

 

 

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

Term

Monastery

 

word families

(-ed, -s, -ing)


 

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

Definition

Definition

 

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

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