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LEVEL F VOCABULARY Mr. Swindells ENGLISH 10.6
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(v) To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) The driver of the getaway car was found guilty of aiding and abetting the bank-robber.
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(v) to affirm, declare confidentially VER in the word comes from the word veracity which means truthfulness, so it also means to state a truth or fact. Think “verify” or “Veritas.”
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(adj) noisy in an offensive way; obvious or conspicuous
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(v) To bring up or begin to talk about a subject It was time to BROACH the subject of the ROACHes in the kitchen…
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(v) To support, prop, strengthen (n) A supporting structure The flying buttresses pictured here help support (or buttress) the walls of the building.
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(n) Noisy revelry or merrymaking Can you imagine a carousal on a carousel?
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(v) To compare critically; to arrange for some purpose Ever use a copy machine in your life…? Yeah, you know collate.
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(n) An expert; One who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts A true connoisseur of dinosaur paintings would be qualified to assess the value of the painting.
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(adj.) Deeply unhappy or dejected; Without hope, beyond consolation. A good friend would try to console a disconsolate, or unhappy peer.
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(v) To weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); To fill up, block up, hinder Someone who is as cool as a cucumber would not be encumbered, or weighed down, by life’s difficulties!
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(v) To promote trouble or rebellion; To apply warm liquids to, warm
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(adj.) Frightful, horrible, ghastly Grizzly Man- a documentary about a man who travels to Kodiak Island and is viciously mauled by a grizzly bear.
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(adj.) (capital H) Relating to Hercules; (lowercase H) Characterized by great strength; Very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength Herculean myths--------herculean strength
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Differs from passive. Passive means for one to allow things to happen without resistance. Impassive simply means unmoving or a lack of feeling or emotion. (adj.) Showing no feeling or emotion; Inanimate; Motionless
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(adj.) Unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future NOT ALL SPECIAL… A BAD OMEN….
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(adj.) Unquestionable, beyond dispute There is no controversy … the convertible is unquestionably the sleekest car type on the market today.
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(adj., part.) Puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss Plus or minus- I’m confused. The difficulty of the puzzle left me nonplussed and uncertain about what to do next.
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(adj.) Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; Occurring at an appropriate time
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An opportune time for an opera tune… An inopportune time for an opera tune…
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(adj.) Abundantly productive; Abundant, profuse HINT: LIFE
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(n) A reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit Think of rejoining the same conversation again with a reply.
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WELL, ALLOW ME TO RETORT. WHAT A WITTY REJOINDER.
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