Vocabulary Set 2

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Vocabulary Set 2

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Root Ten/Tin/Tain

• From the Latin verb tenere and the related word
  tenax, basically means hold or hold on to.

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Abstinence

• Definition Holding oneself back voluntarily from
  indulging an appetite or craving.
• Sentence Burned out too many wild nights, she
  moved to the country and took up a life of
  abstinence.

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Tenacious

• Definition Stubborn or persistent in clinging to
  a thing.
• Sentence He was known as a tenacious reporter
  who would stay with a story for months, sometimes
  risking his health and even his life.

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Tenable

• Definition Capable of being held or defended
  reasonable.
• Sentence She was depressed for weeks after her
  professor said that her theory wasnt tenable.

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Sustenance

• Definition (1) Something that gives support or
  strength. (2) Food, nourishment.
• Sentence Napoleons invading army, forced to
  turn back from Moscow by the terrible Russian
  winter, ended up eating its horses when all other
  sustenance ran out.

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Root Vinc/Vict

• Comes from the Latin verb vincere, which means
  to conquer or to overcome.

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Evince

• Definition To be outward evidence of show or
  reveal.
• Sentence As a witness she evinced honesty and
  dignity, and the jury was favorably impressed.

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Invincible

• Definition Incapable of being conquered or
  overcome.
• Sentence The supposedly invincible Spanish
  Armada was defeated by a fleet of small English
  ships in 1588.

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Provincial

• Definition (1) Having to do with a province. (2)
  Lacking polish, culture, and broad experience.
• Sentence They were both by now sick of Chicago
  and would gladly have exchanged the fast life for
  more provincial pleasures.

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Victimize

• Definition To make a victim of trick, deceive,
  or injure.
• Sentence Like most tourists there, we were
  victimized by the local merchants and guides.

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Root Vers/Vert

• From the Latin verb vertere, means to turn or
  to turn around.

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Divert

• Definition (1) To turn from one purpose or
  course to another. (2) To give pleasure to by
  distracting from burdens or distress.
• Sentence The farmers successfully diverted some
  of the river water to irrigate their crops during
  the drought.

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Perverse

• Definition (1) Corrupt improper incorrect. (2)
  Stubbornly or obstinately wrong.
• Sentence The unsuspected murderer had apparently
  felt a perverse desire to chat with the police.

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Avert

• Definition (1) To turn away or aside (especially
  ones eyes). (2) To avoid or ward off prevent.
• Sentence General Camachos announcement of lower
  food prices averted an immediate workers revolt.

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Versatile

• Definition (1) Turning easily from one skill to
  another. (2) Having many uses.
• Sentence The versatile Gene Kelly acted, sang,
  and directedand dazzled America with his dancing.