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adj. HAPPENING SUDDINGLY, WITHOUT WARNING
The movie came to an _____ ending and I never really understood what happened to the main character in the story. |
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v. TO DO WHAT ONE SETS OUT TO DO
It is hard to _____ one's goal of getting all As in school if one does not study. |
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n. SOMETHING DONE THAT TAKES SKILL OR EFFORT
It would be a great _____ for Corbin's football team to win their division. |
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v. TO TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT
The magician said, "And now, for my second trick, I will _____ to make the bunny in the hat disappear." |
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n. A TRY
I was able to jump over the blocks without knocking any of them down on my second _____. |
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n. A FEELING THAT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS BAD OR UNWORTHY
I feel nothing but _____ for people who are mean to little animals. |
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v. TO INTEREST OR AMUSE
I think the movie Star Wars is very _____, but my sister does not really like it. |
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v. TO HAVE GUESTS
My mom and dad like to _____ at our home by having them over for dinner. |
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v. TO HAVE IN MIND
Corbin is _____ the idea of going to K-1 this summer instead of K-Kountry. He is also _____ the idea of going to Pine Cove. |
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v. TO GET A QUICK LOOK AT
Stacy only _____ at the question and wrote down her answer. She got it wrong because she did not take the time to really read it over first. |
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n. A QUICK OR HASTY LOOK
I couldn't wait to see the present mom was wrapping for me. I was hoping to get a _____ of it before she put it in the closet. |
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v. TO MAKE FUN OF
The girls on the playground _____ the one girl whose pants ripped and showed her underwear. It wasn't very nice. |
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adj. NOT REAL; PRETENDED
The law students held a ____ trial so they could practice what it would be like when they really took a case to court. |
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v. TO KEEP ON DOING OR TRYING
If this pain in my back _____ I will have to go see a doctor. It should have gone away by now. |
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v. TO GO ON AND ON
Must you _____ on asking me about when we would leave for the campout...I told you already that we would go as soon as I have everything packed. |
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n. STICKING TO SOMETHING; NOT GIVING UP
Because of Corbin's _____ in practicing, he became one of the best basketball players on his team. |
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adj. REFUSE TO GIVE UP
Corbin is _____ with his swimming practice. He goes to every practice and works hard every time. |
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v. TO WIN SOMEONE OVER BY ARGUING OR ASKING
Cara wanted to go to Conley's house, but I was trying to _____ her to come with me since I really wanted to spend time with her. |
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adj. HAVING THE POWER TO PERSUADE
My teacher is very ______. She can talk me into doing anything she wants me to do for her. |
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n. A STAGE IN A SERIES OF CHANGES
The first _____ of learning to read is to learning the letters of the alphabet. |
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adj. ODD OR UNUSUAL IN A PLEASE OR OLD FASHION WAY
My grandmother lived in a _____, old house up on a hill for her entire life. I loved going to visit her there. |
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v. TO REMEMBER
Do you ____ if we are to take the first exit or the second one? |
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v. TO CALL OR TAKE BACK
The toys had a poisonous material in the paint used on them so the company had to ____ the toys and refund the people's money. |
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v. TO REFUSE TO ACCEPT OR USE
The soliders _____ the plan to go into the building because they thought it would be too dangerous. |
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n. SOMETHING THAT FALLS SHORT OF WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE
The factory worker called the toy a _____ and threw it away because it had some bad parts on it. |
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v. TO GO OVER CAREFULLY IN ORDER TO CORRECT OR IMPROVE
Corbin went back to _____ his book report after his teacher made a few suggestions that she thought would make it even better. |
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v. TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO BRING UP TO DATE
We had to _____ our schedule because we decided to go to the park and the zoo instead of just going to the park. |
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adj. QUICK TO NOTICE OR FEEL
Your eye is very _____ to bright light and your pupil closes quickly when it sees it. |
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adj. EASILY AFFECT BY EVEN SLIGHT CHANGE
Babies are very ____ to cold weather. |
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