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Vocabulary!!

Vocabulary!!. Words 5-12. allay. VERB Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry). Relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger). Related words: alleviate, calm, subside

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Vocabulary!!

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  1. Vocabulary!! Words 5-12

  2. allay • VERB • Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry). • Relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger). Related words: alleviate, calm, subside • Ex: The new advertising campaign is an attempt to allay the public's concerns about the safety of the company's products.

  3. bellicose • ADJECTIVE • Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. • Related words: argumentative, aggressive, combative, pugnacious • EX: Bellicose hockey players who always seem to spend more time fighting than playing

  4. blazon • VERB or NOUN • V. to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim. • EX: The union members blazoned their concerns on huge signs as they marched outside the workplace.

  5. bode • Past tense of “bide” • VERB • To predict, foretell • EX: This could bode disaster for all involved.

  6. Fill in the blank and write the vocab word’s part of speech in each sentence 1. The news of the Senator's scandal was ______________ across the headlines of the Palm Beach Post. Part of speech: ________ 2. However, my fears were quickly ________once I began the test. Part of speech: _______ 3. Even though he never won any of the arguments he started, he continued to be belligerent and ___________. Part of speech: _____________ 4. The darkening sky does not ________ well for the soccer team getting ready to practice. Part of speech: __________ 5. Using the note cards you made for homework create four sentences using vocab words 5-8.

  7. broach • Raise (a sensitive or difficult subject) for discussion: "he broached the subject". • Verb • introduce, propose, bring up, submit, advance. • He was the first to broach the idea of school uniforms to the committee.

  8. burgeon • to grow and expand rapidly :flourish • Verb • The market for collectibles has burgeoned in recent years. • The trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean. • Accelerate, bloom, expand, escalate

  9. calumny • The making of false statements in order to damage someone's reputation; slander. • noun • They uttered calumnies against him because they wanted him to lose his job. • slander

  10. capitulate • To cease resisting or surrender (often after negotiating terms) • Verb • The teacher refused to capitulate: no calculators were to be used during the exam. • Budge, give in, surrender, succumb

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