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Vocabulary

Vocabulary . Weeks 7 & 8 Quiz #4. Definition : excite or get attention of Sentence: The teacher will stimulate her student’s brains. Examples: s timulate the crowd s timulate the economy. 1. stimulate. Definition: c oming to a conclusion Sentence:

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Weeks 7 & 8 Quiz #4

  2. Definition: • excite or get attention of Sentence: • The teacher will stimulate her student’s brains. Examples: • stimulate the crowd • stimulate the economy 1. stimulate

  3. Definition: • coming to a conclusion Sentence: • Their assumption was that all men and women think alike. Examples: • false assumption • assumption of change 2. assumption

  4. Definition: • no conscience Sentence: • The unscrupulous man robbed the bank. Examples: • unscrupulous thief • unscrupulous child 3. unscrupulous

  5. Definition: • can be touched Sentence: • There was tangible evidence that the economy is starting to recover. Examples: • tangible evidence • tangible rewards 4. tangible

  6. Definition: • to make room for Sentence: • The school was not big enough to accommodate all of the children. Examples: • accommodate a guest • accommodate changes 5. accommodate

  7. Definition: • forced Sentence: • They obliged with very straightforward answers. Examples: • obliged to pay • obliged to attend 6. obliged

  8. Definition: • fineness Sentence: • We consider caviar a delicacy. Examples: • moved with delicacy • delicacy of a rose 7. delicacy

  9. Definition: • take in Sentence: • Vitamin C increases the absorption of iron from food. Examples: • absorption of light • absorption of information 8. absorption

  10. Definition: • represented by picture Sentence: • The pictures depicted Nelson’s most famous battles. Examples: • depicted a ballplayer • depicted a scientist 9. depicted

  11. Definition: • return to original state Sentence: • She lives in a large renovated farmhouse. Examples: • renovate a building • renovate furniture 10. renovate

  12. Definition: • beginning Sentence: • The boy was a novice baseball player. Examples: • a novice swimmer • a novice writer 11. novice

  13. Definition: • Object which waves travel through Sentence: • Blood is the medium in which oxygen is carried to all parts of the body. Examples: • a thin medium • a liquid medium 12. medium

  14. Definition: • picture based on wrong information Sentence: • There has always been a stereotype of successful businessmen. Examples: • a stereotype of a snake • a stereotype of farmers 13. stereotype

  15. Definition: • uproar Sentence: • He is causing bedlam at the hotel. Examples: • bedlam in the gym • bedlam at the capitol 14. bedlam

  16. Definition: • honesty Sentence: • I have always regarded him as a man of integrity. Examples: • liked for his integrity • Integrity of the company 15. integrity

  17. Definition: • carelessly Sentence: • The books were jammed haphazardly on the bookshelf. Examples: • wrote haphazardly • investigated haphazardly 16. haphazardly

  18. Definition: • believable Sentence: • It is plausible that the President did not know what was happening. Examples: • a plausible answer • a plausible explanation 17. plausible

  19. Definition: • passage of entry Sentence: • The fax machine is an example of electronic data transmission. Examples: • safe transmission • transmission of a radio broadcast 18. transmission

  20. Definition: • small amount spread over an area Sentence: • The houses were scattered over the countryside. Examples: • light scattered • scattered baseballs 19. scattered

  21. Definition: • the courts Sentence: • The judiciary must think very hard before jailing a non-violent man. Examples: • judiciary system 20. judiciary

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