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Lets Improve That Vocabulary!

• English 9 Unit 2

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Isnt this fun?

• adjourn (v.)
• to stop proceedings for a time to move to
  another place
• feint (n.)
• a deliberately deceptive movement a pretense
• (v.) to make a deceptive movement to make a
  pretense of

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Youll be good at the dictionary game after this.

• fortify (v.)
• to strengthen, build up
• subjugate (v.)
• to conquer by force, bring under complete control
• unflinching (adj.)
• firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

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We need to fortify our vocabulary!

• jeer (v.)
• to make fun of rudely or unkindly
• (n.) a rude remark of derision
• alien
• (n.) a citizen of another country
• (adj.) foreign, strange

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Its not time to adjourn yet.

• erratic
• (adj.) not regular or consistent
• different from what is ordinarily expected
• Undependable
• fodder
• (n.) food for horses or cattle
• raw material for a designated purpose

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Though erratic, Animal proved to be a good
addition to the Stones.
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Learning makes you smarter

• (adj.) not regular or consistent
• different from what is ordinarily expected
• Undependable
• erratic
• (n.) food for horses or cattle
• raw material for a designated purpose
• fodder

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• to stop proceedings for a time to move to
  another place
• adjourn (v.)
• (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement a
  pretense
• (v.) to make a deceptive movement to make a
  pretense of
• feint

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My theory of evolution is that Darwin was
adopted. Steven Wright

• (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly
• (n.) a rude remark of derision
• jeer
• (n.) a citizen of another country
• (adj.) foreign, strange
• alien

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Your brain cant be full!

• to strengthen, build up
• fortify (v.)
• to conquer by force, bring under complete control
• subjugate (v.)
• firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
• unflinching (adj.)

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Im not comfortable with the speed scorpions
proliferate.
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The more you memorize, the easier memorizing
becomes.

• sully (v.)
• to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
• compensate (v.)
• to make up for to repay for services
• mediocre (adj.)
• average, ordinary, undistinguished

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Are you feeling smarter yet?

• tantalize (v.)
• to tease, torment by teasing
• comely (adj.)
• having a pleasing appearance
• illegible (adj.)
• difficult or impossible to read

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Its a small world, but I wouldnt want to paint
it. Steven Wright

• terse (adj.)
• brief and to the point
• proliferate (v.)
• to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
• lucrative (adj.)
• bringing in money, profitable

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Is that all youve got?

• expulsion (n.)
• the process of driving or forcing out
• dissolute (adj.)
• loose in ones morals or behavior

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The transportation business was not lucrative, so
drivers packed on as many customers as they could.
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I could do this by myself . . .

• the process of driving or forcing out
• expulsion (n.)
• loose in ones morals or behavior
• dissolute (adj.)

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What is red and looks like a fire truck?

• to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
• sully (v.)
• average, ordinary, undistinguished
• mediocre (adj.)
• to make up for to repay for services
• compensate (v.)

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A fire truck, of course!

• brief and to the point
• terse (adj.)
• to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
• proliferate (v.)
• bringing in money, profitable
• lucrative (adj.)

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Congratulations, you know more than you did
earlier.

• to tease, torment by teasing
• tantalize (v.)
• having a pleasing appearance
• comely (adj.)
• difficult or impossible to read
• illegible (adj.)

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It took years before humans were able to
subjugate the South American Tapir.