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Vocabulary Week 7. elucidate plethora enhance vigilant justify. fabricate avid formulate imminent delineate. Introducing…Our Week 7 Words!. elucidate. Part of Speech: verb Parallel Terms: explain, clarify Sample Sentence:
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elucidate plethora enhance vigilant justify fabricate avid formulate imminent delineate Introducing…Our Week 7 Words!
elucidate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • explain, clarify • Sample Sentence: • Before selecting her final persuasive writing topic, Dana had to clearly elucidate her argument and research plan.
plethora • Part of Speech: • noun • Parallel Terms: • overabundance, excess • Sample Sentence:
enhance • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • increase, magnify • Sample Sentence: • Many writers use “show, not tell” to help enhance the story images that readers envision.
vigilant • Part of Speech: • adjective • Parallel Terms: • alert, cautious • Sample Sentence:
justify • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • defend, validate • Sample Sentence: • Galileo, an eccentric thinker for his time, was often made to justify his beliefs about the world.
fabricate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • create, make up • Sample Sentence:
avid • Part of Speech: • adjective • Parallel Terms: • eager, devoted • Sample Sentence: • With the approach of the new Hunger Games film, many avid fans have already purchased their midnight tickets.
formulate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • devise, prepare • Sample Sentence:
imminent • Part of Speech: • adjective • Parallel Terms: • approaching, coming up • Sample Sentence: • The imminent arrival of spring break has created a new, excited energy in the sixth grade wing.
delineate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • define, outline • Sample Sentence:
Construct the Sample Sentence! • By reading the introduction of an effective persuasive essay, the reader should be able to easily _________ the writer’s argument.
Construct the Sample Sentences! • The staff of TCNJ library have assembled a ________ of literary resources for students to use in their studies.
Construct the Sample Sentence! • Noticing the discrepancies in George’s fishing story, Tom believed George was ___________ the truth about the size of the fish he caught.
Construct the Sample Sentence! • Mrs. Magrini asked her sixth grade scientists to ___________ a hypothesis for their environmental change experiment.
Construct the Sample Sentences! • Batman and the Gotham City police force remained _________ in their efforts to arrest the Joker.