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Vocab 7

Vocab 7. 1) Claustrophobia – abnormal fear of enclosed spaces John’s claustrophobia prevents him from serving in submarines. 2) Colleague – co-worker who has similar status On her birthday, Mom’s colleagues surprised her by taking her out to lunch.

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Vocab 7

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  1. Vocab7

  2. 1) Claustrophobia – abnormal fear of enclosed spaces John’s claustrophobia prevents him from serving in submarines.

  3. 2) Colleague– co-worker who has similar status On her birthday, Mom’s colleagues surprised her by taking her out to lunch.

  4. 3) Condescend – to show an offensively superior manner Lucinda’s condescending attitude is not what we want in our tutors.

  5. 4) Contingent – dependent on something else; conditional Tanya’s plans for attending the university were contingent on receiving a scholarship.

  6. 5) Daunt – to discourage or intimidate Learning that she had cancer did not daunt Miranda.

  7. 6) Deluge – a flood of anything but usually water Opening the dam sent a deluge to the dry river beds in the canyon.

  8. 7) Dispel – to clear away; remove Linda’s letter, instead of dispelling my fears, increased them.

  9. 8) Dub – to give a title or nickname to His fans dubbed Babe Ruth “the Sultan of Swat.”

  10. 9) Fanfare – sounding of many trumpets or other brass instruments The audience is alerted to the entrance of Queen Gertrude, by a loud fanfare.

  11. 10) Fledgling – young; inexperienced The reporter, a fledgling, forgot to get the eyewitness’s name.

  12. 11) Inane – silly; empty or shallow Susan was clearly bored by the inane chatter of her classmates.

  13. 12) Mettle – to stand up under difficult circumstances; tough spirit The children showed their mettle by refusing to tell the soldiers anything about their friend.

  14. 13) Negligible – small and unimportant The team’s mistakes in the tournament were negligible, so they won.

  15. 14) Protract – to draw out or lengthen (in time) Our trip was protracted unnecessarily by driving past the correct exit.

  16. 15) Replica – copy or reproduction A replica of the Statue of Liberty stood on my grandmother’s shelf.

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