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Vocabulary Unit 17

Vocabulary Unit 17. Sam and Bill are miscreants because they broke the law by kidnapping Red Chief. Definition: a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law. Part of Speech: NOUN Synonyms: criminal, culprit, offender, lawbreaker, delinquent. miscreants.

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Vocabulary Unit 17

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  1. VocabularyUnit 17

  2. Sam and Bill are miscreants because they broke the law by kidnapping Red Chief. Definition: a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law. Part of Speech: NOUN Synonyms: criminal, culprit, offender, lawbreaker, delinquent miscreants

  3. Cruella De Vil and Jafar are the malefactors or villains in the famous children’s movies 101 Dalmatians and Aladdin. Sam and Bill are the malefactors in “The Ransom of Red Chief”; they are the criminals in the story. Definition: a person or persons who commit(s) a crime or some other wrong Part of Speech: NOUN Synonyms: wrongdoer, miscreant, offender, criminal, villain malefactors

  4. “Why you little reprobates! I’ll get you; I swear it!” the man called out to the little boys after they left a mess in his yard. Definition: an unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately) Part of Speech: Noun Synonyms: rascal, scoundrel reprobates

  5. The young child shouted jubilantly after her father won the car race. The crowd was jubilantly cheering for “One Direction” when the band came on stage to play. Definition: happily: in a joyous manner; Part of Speech: Adverb Synonyms: joyously, gladly, excitedly jubilantly

  6. When the new comedian made a terrible joke the crowd jeered at him until he exited the stage. Definition: make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice. Part of Speech: VERB Synonyms: taunted, mocked, ridiculed, insulted, booed jeered

  7. Every school has a few scalawags; they are such little rascals running around the halls. Red Chief is most defiantly a scalawag if you ask Bill; the little rascal tried to scalp him. Definition: a person who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way. Part of Speech: NOUN Synonyms:a rascal scalawags

  8. I will apprehend the animal that keeps getting into my trash cans by setting up a cage to capture it. The police apprehended Sam and Bill in the town of Summit. Definition: arrest (someone) for a crime Part of Speech: VERB Synonyms: catch, capture, seize apprehended

  9. The men that committed the crime of kidnapping will be castigated or scolded, and they should be imprisoned. Definition: reprimand (someone) severely Part of Speech: Verb Synonyms:reprimand, admonish, chastise, scold castigated

  10. I’ll be keeping an eye out for further transgression now that you have already committed one offense. Definition: an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct Part of Speech: NOUN Synonyms: offense, crime, wrongdoing, misdemeanor, infraction, misdeed transgression

  11. The smell of the trash was extremely putrescent; it was so foul that we almost lost our lunch. Definition: undergoing the process of decay; rotting Part of Speech: ADJECTIVE Synonyms: foul, putrid, rotten putrescent

  12. The teachers all congregated around the student that was hit in the head with the basket ball. Definition: gather into a crowd or mass Part of Speech: VERB Synonyms: assemble, gather, collect, come together congregated

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