1. Academic Vocabulary

2. Amnesty, Extricate, Transient, Scathing,

3. Amnesty

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5. Amnesty Noun

6. Amnesty Noun Many political prisoners were freed under the amnesty granted by the new regime.

7. Amnesty Description

8. Amnesty Description Any act of forgiveness or absolution

9. Amnesty Description Any act of forgiveness or absolution, -generally granted by a government for something against a government

10. Amnesty Word Family

11. Amnesty Word Family Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs)

12. Amnesty Word Family Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs) ehhhh! – Generally you’d hear “…granting amnesty…”

13. Amnesty Word Family Synonyms:

14. Amnesty Word Family Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon

15. Amnesty Word Family Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon Antonym

16. Amnesty Word Family Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon Antonym – Gruge

17. Amnesty Examples

18. Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants.

19. Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants.

20. Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

21. Amnesty Examples Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

22. 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.

23. Amnesty Non-Examples

24. Amnesty Non-Examples I’m so amnesty. Vegatables are so amnesty.

25. Amnesty Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word amnesty.

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27. Extricate

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29. Extricate Verb

30. Extricate Verb The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to _______ the fish from the net.

31. Extricate Verb The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to extricate the fish from the net.

32. Extricate Description

33. Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort

34. Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family

35. Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating

36. Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms

37. Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms – loose – rescue

38. Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms Antonyms – loose – rescue – disentangle

39. Extricate Description To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricated, Extricating Synonyms Antonyms – loose-entangle – rescue-tie up – disentangle

40. Extricate Examples

41. Extricate Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident.

42. Extricate Examples

43. 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.

44. Extricate Examples They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed.

45. 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.

46. Extricate Examples

47. 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.

48. 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.

49. 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.

50. Extricate Non-Examples

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. Extricate Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word extricate.

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55. Transient

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57. Transient Adjective

58. Transient Adjective/Noun

59. Transient Adjective/Noun (Adj) The headache was transient, and it was gone in only a few minutes.

60. 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.

61. Transient Description

62. Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time

63. Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time.

64. Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family

65. Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transients

66. Transient Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transients Synonyms -fleeting -ephemeral

67. 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

68. Transient Examples

69. 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.

70. Transient Examples

71. 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.

72. 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.

73. 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.

74. Transient Remember

75. Transient Remember Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing.

76. Transient Remember Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing. -i.e. the transient mood

77. 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.

78. Transient Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word transient.

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80. Scathing

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82. Scathing Adjective

83. Scathing Adjective A scathing attack doesn’t always work; sometimes people should be nice instead.

84. Scathing Description

85. Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe

86. Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb)

87. Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb) Synonyms – harsh – ferocious

88. Scathing Description causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb) Synonyms Antonyms – harsh-pleasant – ferocious-mild

89. Scathing Examples

90. Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

91. Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

92. Scathing Examples Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

93. 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.

94. Scathing Examples The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore.

95. 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.

96. Scathing Examples

97. 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.

98. Scathing Non-Examples

99. Scathing Non-Examples I scathe you. My scathe made her cry.

100. Scathing Non-Examples I scathe you. My scathe made her cry. Use it as an adjective to describe something.

101. 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).

102. Scathing Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word scathing.