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vocabulary.vocabulary.

amateuramateur

amateuramateurSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Bob competed in Bob competed in golf tournaments golf tournaments

as an as an amateuramateur before turning before turning professional.professional.

amateuramateurDefinition:Definition:

n.n. Someone who Someone who engages in a sport engages in a sport or other activity or other activity

without being paidwithout being paid

artisticartistic

artisticartisticSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The ballerina gave The ballerina gave a very a very artisticartistic performance. performance.

artisticartisticDefinition:Definition:

adj.adj. Showing skill Showing skill and good tasteand good taste

audienceaudience

audienceaudienceSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The The audienceaudience stood stood up and cheered up and cheered after the player after the player

scored a scored a touchdown.touchdown.

audienceaudienceDefinition:Definition:

n.n. The people The people gathered to see gathered to see

and hear a and hear a performanceperformance

competecompete

competecompeteSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Susan is training Susan is training very hard so she very hard so she

can can competecompete in the in the track meet next track meet next

month.month.

competecompeteDefinition:Definition:

v.v. To take part in a To take part in a contestcontest

choreographers

choreographersSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The choreographers The choreographers designed the most designed the most

recent dance recent dance moves.moves.

choreographers Definition:Definition:

n.n. people who people who design or plan design or plan

dance (or figure dance (or figure skating) skating)

movements.movements.

distributed

distributedSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The teacher The teacher distributed the distributed the

math tests amongst math tests amongst the students.the students.

distributedDefinition:Definition:

v.v. spread out spread out

elementselements

elementselementsSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

There are many There are many different different elementselements of a figure skating of a figure skating

program.program.

elementselementsDefinition:Definition:

n.n. The parts of The parts of which something is which something is

made upmade up

gnarled

gnarledSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The ancient oak The ancient oak tree had a rough tree had a rough

and and gnarledgnarled trunk.trunk.

gnarledDefinition:Definition:

adj.adj. knobby, knobby, twistedtwisted

judgejudge

judgejudgeSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The The judgejudge gave the gave the figure skater a figure skater a perfect score.perfect score.

judgejudgeDefinition:Definition:

n.n. A person who A person who decides who wins a decides who wins a

contestcontest

presentationpresentation

presentationpresentationSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Jeff received an “A” Jeff received an “A” for his oral for his oral

presentationpresentation on on Abraham Lincoln.Abraham Lincoln.

presentationpresentationDefinition:Definition:

n.n. Performance Performance

pressurepressure

pressurepressureSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

Allison felt a lot of Allison felt a lot of pressurepressure when she when she

realized she realized she needed to make her needed to make her

final shot.final shot.

pressurepressureDefinition:Definition:

n.n. Urgent or Urgent or forceful demandforceful demand

requiredrequired

requiredrequiredSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

We have all of the We have all of the requiredrequired

equipment for our equipment for our camping trip.camping trip.

requiredrequiredDefinition:Definition:

adj.adj. Necessary or Necessary or essential (not an essential (not an

option)option)

technicaltechnical

technicaltechnicalSample Sentence:Sample Sentence:

The judges scored The judges scored her on the her on the

technicaltechnical parts of parts of her dance routine.her dance routine.

technicaltechnicalDefinition:Definition:

n.n. Having to do Having to do with techniquewith technique