Vocabulary Words(3/13/06)
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- The waitress would get magnanious tips for having impeccable _____.
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alacrity
(uh-LA-krih-tee)
noun - My beliefs on the matter of abortion are the _____ of Mary Ellen's.
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antithesis
(an-TI-thuh-sis)
noun - You may never want to give your friends ______ in your home.
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carte blanche
(kart BLONSH)
noun - Untrained dogs running looose in your home can have a _____ effect.
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deleterious
(deh-luh-TEE-ree-us)
adjective - Younger children tend to _____ EVERYTHING their older siblings say.
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emulate
(EM-yoo-late)
verb - Catholics would be shocked to hear an _____ shouted out in the middle of prayer.
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expletive
(EK-splih-tive)
noun - Tripping and finding money on the floor is a _____ accident.
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fortuitous
(for-TOO-uh-tuss)
adjective - If two countries come to an _____ when discussing an issue they usually have a war to solve the matter.
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impasse
(IM-pass)
noun - The Grinch is one of the most famous examples of a _____ in literature.
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misanthrope
(MIH-sun-thrope)
noun - People who commit heinous crimes against women are said to show _____.
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misogyny
(muh-SAH-juh-nee)
noun - My life as a fifteen year old would seem _____for someone quadrouple my age.
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mundae
(mun-DANE)
adjective - One of my pet peeves is seeing a lawn that is way too ______.
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ornate
(ore-NATE)
adjective - Adulterers were _____ from their communities in the ealry colonial times.
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ostracize
(OSS-truh-size)
verb - Some of the greatest teachers have taken college courses in _____.
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pedagogy
(PEH-duh-GO-jee)
noun - When someone can tell that another person has been crying they will attempt to ____ the situation by making that person laugh.
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placate
(PLAY-kate)
verb - Women have had their hearts broken and are not _____ will watch soaps and eat ice cream for months.
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resilient
(rih-ZIL-yunt)
adjective - The job of the superhero is to _____ the plans of the evil person or criminal.
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thwart
(THWORT)
verb - American ____ is a mix of different levels of diction, accents, vocabulary, and tones.
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vernacular
(ver-NAK-yoo-lur)
noun - Males tend to _____ in pain when they are injured in the groin.
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writhe
(RYTHE)
verb - Cheerleaders are expected to be _____ at the games.
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zealous
(ZEH-lus)
adjective