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1 I am the cheese by Robert cormier
Vocabulary #4 All photos from google images

2 Advisory--having or consisting in the power to make recommendations but not to take action enforcing them; an official announcement, typically a warning about bad weather conditions

3 Burlesque--an absurd or comically exaggerated imitation of something, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody; a variety show

4 Enunciate--to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc
Enunciate--to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner

5 Flourish--to be successful; prosper; to make dramatic, sweeping gestures

6 Holocaust--mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life; a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire

7 Inducement--something that motivates or persuades; incentive

8 Irrefutable--cannot be disproved

9 Lacerated—torn roughly; mangled; distressed or tortured mentally or emotionally; wounded deeply; pained greatly

10 Languid--lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow; lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent; drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint

11 Meandering--proceeding by or taking a winding or indirect course; wandering aimlessly; rambling

12 Metronome--a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music

13 Obliterate--to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely; to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface

14 Priority--the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc.; the right to precede others in order, rank, privilege, etc.; precedence; highest or higher in importance, rank, privilege, etc.

15 Reminisce--to recall past experiences, events, etc.

16 Vista--a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses


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