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Vocabulary 3A
1. Indignantly
2. Myopic
3. Succinct
4. Garish
5. Curtness
6. Futility
7. Preoccupation
8. Carnal
9. Elucidate
10.Pensive
11.Impassive
12.Fortitude
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Indignantly
• Adverb
• To be angry due to unfairness; irate; annoyed
• The cat looked at me indignantly when I asked him to move from my lap.
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Myopic
• Adjective
• Lacking in foresight
• Her myopic attitude about the party caused a shortage of food and subsequently caused irritation among the guests.
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Succinct
• Adjective
• Brief and to the point
• When writing essays, you should back up your main point with details, but also be succinct, so your reader does not become bored.
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Garish• Adjective
• Bright and loud; Brash; Tacky
• Her loud, garish dress clashed with her shocking pink lipstick and red hair.
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Curtness
• Noun
• The act of being rudely brief; abruptness
• The doctor’s curt reply made the old woman burst into tears.
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Futility• Noun
• Pointlessness; uselessness
• Do not linger on the futility of life; you make a difference!
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Preoccupation• Noun
• Constant thought about something; focus of someone’s attention
• Mary’s preoccupation with her hair borders on obsession.
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Carnal
• Adjective
• Relating to physical needs; relating to the body
• When shipwrecked on an island, Jim sharply realized the carnal needs of his body.
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Elucidate• Verb
• Explain something
• Can you elucidate on the significance of the red bar on this population chart?
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Pensive
• Adjective
• Deeply thoughtful
• Her pensive mood made her mother worry about how much work Sandra was facing at the university.
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Impassive
• Adjective
• Expressionless; devoid of all emotion; apathetic
• His impassive look showed that he did not care about chocolate ice cream.
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Fortitude• Noun
• Determination; resilience; grit
• When Perry got knocked down, he showed true fortitude by standing back up and climbing the tree to the top.
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Vocabulary 4A
1. Detritus
2. Effervesce
3. Myriad
4. Insidious
5. Invidious
6. Intransigent
7. Ineffable
8. Sophisticated
9. Encourage
10.Fascinate
11.Derive
12.vibrating
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Detritus
• Noun
• Loose material; miscellaneous remnants; odds and ends
• A detritus of rock and dirt rumbled down the hillside and into the lake, where it splashed into the water.
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Effervesce
• Verb
• To bubble or hiss; to show liveliness or exhilaration
• The Alka-Seltzer tablet effervesced in the glass, and sent up a million bubbles of relief to the top.
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Myriad
• Noun
• Ten thousand; great or vast number
• The box contained a myriad of yarn, buttons, sequins, and other sewing supplies – enough for a lifetime of crafting!
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Insidious
• Adjective
• Awaiting a chance to entrap; treacherous; sly
• The insidious spider waited for a fly to enter into its carefully constructed web.
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Invidious
• Adjective
• Tending to cause discontent, envy, animosity or ill will
• The political movie was invidious, and she refused to stand a minute longer in the theatre watching it.
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Intransigent
• Adjective
• Characterized by a refusal to abandon a position; very stubborn
• The intransigent cat refused to get off my lap, pawing in deep with its needle like claws.
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ineffable
• Adjective
• Unable to be expressed in words
• The boy stood in ineffable silence, unable to speak about what had happened to him in the camp.
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sophisticated
• Adjective
• Highly complicated or quite complex; having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world
• Sam’s cousin has a highly sophisticated understanding of an engine; he can take one look under the hood and tell Sam just what is wrong with his car.
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encourage
• Verb
• To foster; to develop; to inspire with hope
• My mother encouraged me to be a great chef by showing me secrets to her favorite recipes and helping me study spices and extracts.
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Fascinate
• Verb
• To transfix with wonder; to hold spellbound
• The book fascinated me with its vivid characters and story of the war in Vietnam.
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derive
• Verb
• To infer; to take from a specified source
• The word “giant” is derived from the Greek root “gigas”.
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vibrating
• Verb (past
• Oscillating; fluctuating; moving to and fro
• The fan vibrated as it gave out cool, refreshing air to the room.