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Word List #16. 1. Abrade : scrape away. “During the winter, I often must abrade the ice from my windshield.”. 2. Appendage : attachment. “My thumb is an appendage I can’t do without.”. 3 . Beget : become the father of. “The old patriarch begat many sons.”.
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1. Abrade: scrape away • “During the winter, I often must abrade the ice from my windshield.”
2. Appendage: attachment • “My thumb is an appendage I can’t do without.”
3. Beget: become the father of • “The old patriarch begat many sons.”
4. Calcify: become hard and stony • “Fossils calcify over time.”
5. Calcified: inflexible • “My grandfather is calcified in his ways and refuses to change.”
6. Coagulate: clot • “The blood eventually stopped flowing and coagulated.”
7. Coup: highly successful stroke or strategm • “The dictator was overthrown by a successful military coup.”
8. Expatriate: person who chooses to live in exile • “The expatriate lived in France after denouncing his American citizenship.”
9. Genocide: entire killing of race • “The Holocaust was a most heinous attempt at genocide.”
10. Incubate: protect until ready for hatching • “The eggs were incubated to ensure their safety for hatching.”
11. Liaison: 1. inter-communication between units; 2. illicit love affair • “The liason intercepted an enemy transmission and relayed it to the troops.” • “John Proctor paid dearly for his liason with Abigail Williams.”
12.Obloquy: 1. Condemnatory statement; 2. disgrace • “The President made a public obloquy about the illegal actions of North Korea.” • “The CEO of the failed company resigned in obloquy.”
13. Philander: to love insincerely and lightly • “The affair soon ended because the man was simply a philanderer.”
14. Quarantine: imposed isolation • “The military quarantined the town to prevent the disease from spreading.”
15. Resuscitate: to revive from near-death • “The drowning victim was resuscitated by someone who new CPR.” • FYI: CPR = Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
16. Stricture: 1. critical remark; 2. narrow restraint • “The judge at the audition made several strictures about my performance.” • “I can’t live with the strictures of my parents’ overprotection!”
17. Tenable: that can be maintained • “I lost the argument because my position was not tenable.”
18. Truncated: shortened • “Our Fall Break was truncated to only three days!”
Assignment • Show mastery of each vocabulary word by writing a sentence that demonstrates its meaning. • Underline the vocabulary word in the sentence. • Skip lines between sentences.
