7 Week 11 Despondent (adj): hopeless; deeply discouraged or dejected Adv: despondently N: despondence.

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7 Week 11 Despondent (adj): hopeless; deeply discouraged or dejected Adv: despondently N: despondence

Exuberant (adj): extremely enthusiastic; joyful; overflowing Adv: exuberantly N: exuberance

Subtle (adj): delicate in meaning; difficult to perceive or understand Adv: subtley N: subtleness N: subtlety

Dismantle (v): to disassemble; to take apart Adj: dismantled N: dismantlement

Firebrand (n): a person who encourages unrest; a troublemaker; a piece of burning wood

Incredulous (adj): skeptical; not inclined to believe; showing disbelief Adv: incredulously N: incredulousness N: incredulity

Fathom (n): a unit of length equal to 6 feet; used at sea (v): to measure; to understand; to penetrate the truth of Adj: fathomable

Complex Sentence: sentence made up of 1 independent clause and at least 1 subordinate clause. If Sub. Clause comes first, it counts as “junk at the beginning” and needs a comma after it! – Whenever I see it, I gasp in disbelief. – I gasp in disbelief whenever I see it.