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- Goad
- The bully goaded me to give him my lunch money.
- Amend
- President Obama has decided to amend many laws that Bush put in to place in order to have the laws work the way Obama wants them to.
- enthralled
- When the sports team won the game, they were enthralled because this was their first win in a month.
- Taunt
- The bully taunted bob until bob cried
- Surfeit
- Arab countries have a surfeit of oil because the sell so much and they are not close to running out.
- ostracized
- after bob left the AV club, the club ostracized him and would not let him rejoin
- Adept
- Bob was adept at pottery because he could make 100 mugs in 2 minutes.
- Pined
- i pined for my grandma because i had not seen her in 3 years
- suave
- the captain on the cruse ship was very suave when he came around and greeted all the passengers
- Balk
- the class balked when the teacher said there was a pop quiz because no one took out a pencil and paper
- auditor
- During the lecture, the speaker asked us to be good auditors so we would learn a lot and take good notes.
- odyssey
- after trying to convert to a new religion, he needed to go on an odyssey to be accepted in his new religion
- heresy
- The review by the harsh movie critic about on of the greatest movies of all time was a heresy because all the other critics loved the movie.
- squalor
- our attic was in a state of squalor because there were rats and cobwebs everywhere.
- Nuptial
- The nuptial arrangements went according to plan and the bride and groom had a great time.
- Filch
- The thief filched my wallet and I had to chase after him until I got it back by tackling him.
- hinder
- The rain hindered the baseball game because the field would be ruined if the teams were playing in the rain.
- rake
- bob was a rake. he drank for 2 hours everyday and went to Las Vegas often with a lot of money and came back with nothing
- Recoil
- after seeing 5 different ghosts of myself, i recoiled in horror
- Livery
- When bob was in a crowd, you could always find him because of his livery clothing.
- partition
- The Great Wall of China is a partition because it divides China.
- clavichord
- the clavichord was one of the most annoying instruments i have ever heard. it sounds like a combination of an organ and a kazoo
- frock
- the frock the girl was wearing made her look very immature
- Sovereignty
- In china, the emperor has Sovereignty because he has the right to make decisions for the country without any others appealing his decisions
- burlesque
- the burlesque, the student wrote fir collage admissions, completely botched his chances at any collage because nobody thought it was funny
- Chaste
- People wear a purity ring in order to stay chaste until marriage.
- wiles
- the thief used his wiles to frame another person for the crime he committed
- Counsel
- John gave counsel to his friends when they needed advice
- aphasia
- the boy suffered from aphasia after he got in a go cart crash
- stark
- the teacher failed any student who made one stark mistake on a test
- Fraught
- When I was driving on the highway, I felt fraught with fear because I had had a flat tire twice and I did not have any more spare tires.
- qualm
- i had qualms about our navigation system when it told us to drive into a blizzard
- enamored
- Bob was enamored of his girlfriend so he proposed to her.
- Paltry
- apple;s stock is so paltry because of the recession that even a poor man could buy it.
- Amorous
- When Jen went out to dinner with her fiancé she felt amorous because she was having such a great time with her fiancé.
- betrothed
- She was betrothed because she is getting married to her dog
- odious
- The dictator acted odious when he took away the whole countries food supply for a week.
- Devoutly
- Bob watched football devoutly because he would never go out with his wife if his favorite team were playing.
- lavish
- after a great year for Apple, Steve Jobs had a lavish apple store build in his backyard
- halitosis
- in Catcher and the Rye, Ackley has halitosis because he never brushed his teeth
- Spurn
- When a soldier did not follow his orders, his commander spurned him.
- Mar
- my birthday party at the beach was mared by a hurricane
- Furlough
- The sergeant said the solider could go on furlough and return to the United States
- paramour
- Bob was a paramour ;he was in love with someone who was already married.
- paragon
- The computer tutorial is a paragon because it does a great job in giving you the necessary steps to accomplish your goal.
- confound
- The magician confounded the audience when he pulled a rabbit out of a elephant.
- Resolve
- after climbing the ladder, i toughened my resolve and made the decision to go off the zipline
- Guile
- Holden uses guile when it came to making up lies because he has never been caught.
- quell
- The fireman quelled the fire with water so it would not spread and burn down the forest.
- Entreat
- The poor man entreated me for money numerous time but I did not want to give him any.
- Squander
- Bob squandered all of his money on a 3 year old rocking horse for himself.
- inane
- the student spend 5 hours watching inane TV and 10 minutes doing his homework
- Doddering
- the man has been doddering his whole life because he had leg surgery when he was 3 months old
- Vigilance
- The troops need vigilance in war because one false move and they could end up injured.
- imminent
- because the man was standing on the cliff with one foot , a fall was imminent.
- rebuke
- The judge rebuked the lawyer for stating an incorrect fact and closed the case.
- expound
- The teacher expounded the lesson in greater detail because the class did not understand it.
- consecrate
- various walls in Israel are consecrated because people pray to them.
- unscrupulous
- after bob shoplifted and entire store, the bystanders had the impression that he was an unscrupulous man
- blase
- when bob went skydiving, he was blase because it was his 81st time
- Pernicious
- The atomic bomb was pernicious because the cities it struck were destroyed seconds later.
- Fawn
- When I was walking in NYC, a man selling fake watches tried to fawn over me so I would buy one.
- destitute
- the destitute guy on "Man Vs. Wild" showed no resistance when stuck in the freezing cold with a lack of supplies.
- Promontory
- When we were getting ready to skydive off the plane, the pilot told us to watch out for the Promontory in the sea because if you hit the giant piece of rock, you could die.
- Dowager
- After her husband passed away, she was considered a dowager because she was given the rights to all d his land and money.
- devotees
- once obama won the election, his devotees were very pleased with what is to come.
- discord
- The discord in the orchestra was so bad that the music sounded like trashcans being smashed together.
- Dissembling
- For many years the thief was acting dissembling so he would be mistaken for another person.
- compulsory
- when troops are in boot camp, they hear their sergeants shouting compulsive orders at them
- bourgeois
- Sarah Palin tried to act bourgeois when the reports came out that she had spend 150,000 on her clothes
- plaintive
- the boy was plaintive after his best friend moved to europe
- Vexation
- When the first fight broke out in the hockey game, it was considered a vexation because only a few harsh words were exchanged. The next fight was far worse.
- ashram
- the ashram is a sacred place where Hindu's go to pray
- derision
- The class laughed at the class clown with derision because he was making a fool of himself so people would think he is funny.
- unanimous
- during Top Chef, the only way the contestants could win the competition was if the judges voted unanimously
- Rout
- the U.S. hopes to rout Iraqi forces: they hope to force them into a massive retreat
- Reparations
- my mom made me pay reparations after i broke her favorite bracelet
- hue
- The hues between the colors black and white are visible
- Upbraid
- The policeman upbraided the thief when he caught him selling drugs to a child.
- Renowned
- The celebrity was so renowned that he needed 15 bodyguards to give him some personal space and to keep away the paparazzi's.
- Dulcet
- When the judge announced his final verdict, it was dulcet because it was in favor of me.
- tiff
- after loosing the Super Bowl, the losing team had many tiffs after the game about who messed up on the game-deciding play
- boisterous
- after todays assembly, many students were boisterous because they wanted to get out of the gym the fastest they could by any means
- quail
- When he saw a ghost, he quailed in disbelief.
- confederacy
- The confederacy allowed for 10 nations to exchange goods without violence.
- harbingers
- the teacher told us to pay attention to harbingers in the book we were reading
- phalanx
- as the troops invaded Iraq, they marched in a phalanx
- Derive
- A secondary source is derived from a primary source.
- portents
- The portents leading up to a hurricane are heavy rain and strong winds
- nonchalant
- joe was very nonchalant when it came about his grades, he often failed tests and did not care