Academic Vocabulary
Amnesty, Extricate, Transient, Scathing,
Amnesty
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Amnesty Noun
Amnesty Noun Many political prisoners were freed under the amnesty granted by the new regime.
Amnesty Description
Amnesty Description Any act of forgiveness or absolution
Amnesty Description Any act of forgiveness or absolution, -generally granted by a government for something against a government
Amnesty Word Family
Amnesty Word Family Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs)
Amnesty Word Family Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs) ehhhh! – Generally you’d hear “…granting amnesty…”
Amnesty Word Family Synonyms:
Amnesty Word Family Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon
Amnesty Word Family Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon Antonym
Amnesty Word Family Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon Antonym – Gruge
Amnesty Examples
Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.
Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.
Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. The police granted amnesty to anyone carrying a firearm so they could turn it in and have it disposed of.
Amnesty Non-Examples
Amnesty Non-Examples I’m so amnesty. Vegatables are so amnesty.
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Extricate
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Extricate Verb
Extricate Verb The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to _______ the fish from the net.
Extricate Verb The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to extricate the fish from the net.
Extricate Description
Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort
Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family
Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating
Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms
Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms – loose – rescue
Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms Antonyms – loose – rescue – disentangle
Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms Antonyms – loose-entangle – rescue-tie up – disentangle
Extricate Examples
Extricate Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident.
Extricate Examples
Extricate Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed.
Extricate Examples They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed.
Extricate Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net.
Extricate Examples
Extricate Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net. The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the web, so the spider got it.
Extricate Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net. The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the web, so the spider got it.
Extricate Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net. The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the web, so the spider got it.
Extricate Non-Examples
Extricate Non-Examples We don’t generally need to extricate ourselves from our shoes because they are easy to take off. The extricate handcuffs were difficult to take off.
Extricate Non-Examples We don’t generally need to extricate ourselves from our shoes because they are easy to take off. The extricate handcuffs were difficult to take off. It’s not an adjective.
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Transient
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Transient Adjective
Transient Adjective/Noun
Transient Adjective/Noun (Adj) The headache was transient, and it was gone in only a few minutes.
Transient Adjective/Noun (Adj) The headache was transient, and it was gone in only a few minutes. (noun) Many farm workers in the 1930s were transients.
Transient Description
Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time
Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time.
Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family
Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transients
Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transients Synonyms -fleeting -ephemeral
Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transients Synonyms -fleeting Antonym -ephemeral – Permanent
Transient Examples
Transient Examples Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place too long.
Transient Examples
Transient Examples Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long. The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places.
Transient Examples Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long. The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places.
Transient Examples Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long. The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places.
Transient Remember
Transient Remember Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing.
Transient Remember Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing. -i.e. the transient mood
Transient Remember Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing. -i.e. the transient mood Use transient as a noun such as a person or an animal who moves around a lot.
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Scathing
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Scathing Adjective
Scathing Adjective A scathing attack doesn’t always work; sometimes people should be nice instead.
Scathing Description
Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe
Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb)
Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb) Synonyms – harsh – ferocious
Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb) Synonyms Antonyms – harsh-pleasant – ferocious-mild
Scathing Examples
Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.
Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.
Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.
Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore.
Scathing Examples The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore.
Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore. The scathing heat from the hot sauce made him chug his drink to cool his burning tongue.
Scathing Examples
Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore. The scathing heat from the hot sauce made him chug his drink to cool his burning tongue.
Scathing Non-Examples
Scathing Non-Examples I scathe you. My scathe made her cry.
Scathing Non-Examples I scathe you. My scathe made her cry. Use it as an adjective to describe something.
Scathing Non-Examples I scathe you. My scathe made her cry. Use it as an adjective to describe something. – i.e. The scathing remark made her cry (describe the remark).
Scathing Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word scathing.