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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Mirage: Guess: Example: But it was no mirage , he found, when he opened the tall spiked iron gate. Elude: Guess: Example: If my quarry eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game. Stamina: Guess: Example: Your strength and stamina against mine. Condone: Guess:

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Mirage: Guess: Example: But it was no mirage, he found, when he opened the tall spiked iron gate. Elude: Guess: Example: If my quarry eludes me for three whole days, he wins the game. Stamina: Guess: Example: Your strength and stamina against mine.

  2. Condone: Guess: Example: “Did not make me condone cold-blooded murder,” finished Rainsford stiffly. Futile: Guess: Example:He saw straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea. Agility: Guess: Example: …leaped back with the agility of an ape.

  3. Naïve: Guess: Example: One does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in America, with such a naïve point of view.

  4. Definitions Mirage: an optical phenomenon, esp. in the desert or at sea, in which the image of some object appears displaced Elude: to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery Stamina: Physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness, fatigue, or hardship; endurance.

  5. Condone: To approve of or overlook something so that it seems like you approve Futile: incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful; worthless Agility: the power of moving quickly and easily Naïve: having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information

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