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Amira Bowers and Thalia Rivera’S Vocab Powerpoint. Lambaste. Lambaste – verb – attack usually with words, or criticize harshly. The mother lambasted her child at the baseball game because he didn’t know how to behave himself. impasse.
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Lambaste • Lambaste – verb – attack usually with words, or criticize harshly. • The mother lambasted her child at the baseball game because he didn’t know how to behave himself.
impasse • Impasse – noun – A situation in which no progress is possible, because of disagreement. • After Michael was proving guilty for violating his probation, Judge Abrams extended his probation because he felt that the situation was at an impasse.
jargon • Jargon – noun – slang. • As Reba was texting her mother she happened to us the text jargon “lol” meaning laugh out loud and her mother didn’t understand.
deter • Deter – verb – Prevent or block. • While little baby Sabrina stood in her crib she almost fell but the cribs arm deterred her from falling.
tenuous • Tenuous – adj – Weak, thin. • While Samantha was pregnant she became more tenuous each day about telling her parents what she was going through.