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Vocabulary List III
Vocabulary List III
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02/06/2018

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Term
accentuate
Definition

 

to make more noticeable

 

-d, -s, -ing

 

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

Term
aspire
Definition

 

to strive for an ambitious goal

 

-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.

Term
boisterous
Definition

 

noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

 

(boisterously)

 

 

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

Term
decorum
Definition

behavior in keeping with good taste; etiquette.

 

 

 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.

Term
refugee
Definition

 

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

 

refugees)

 

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

Term
 endure
Definition

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

 

. (-d, -s, -ing, endurance

 

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

Term
 cringe
Definition

to feel disgust or embarrassment often through

 

ed, -s, -ing

 

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

Term
 alienate
Definition

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

 

-ed, -s, -ing

 

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

Term
conviction
Definition

 

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

 

convict, -ed, -s, -ing)

 

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

Term
monastery
Definition

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

 

ed, -s, -ing

 

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

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