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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 noticable
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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 screamed for her phone number. |
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behaivior in keeping with good taste; etiquitte
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refuge
Many child refuges experience the horrors of war before they leave their home countries in order to find a safe place to live |
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A person forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persicution or natural disaster
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endure
It is unbelievable that a child can endure such horrible living conditions and still manage to smile. |
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to patiently sufure something painful or dificult; to remain in existance or last a long time
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conviction
It is my conviction that all students have the ability to learn and be succesful. |
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A firmly held belief; a formal ruling that someone is guity of a crime
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monestary
Brother mark lived in a beautiful monestary on bolivia for most of his life
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The place where a 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, ut merely tapped him |
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The smallest or slightest
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