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Vocabulary List #2. inevitable adj.: unavoidable. Example: It was inevitable that Ronnie the rhino would spend the weekend alone. crucial adj.: highly important. Example: Ronnie thought it was crucial that he make more friends. provocative adj.:
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Vocabulary List #2 • inevitable adj.: • unavoidable. • Example: It was inevitable that Ronnie the rhino would spend the • weekend alone. • crucial adj.: • highly important. • Example: Ronnie thought it was crucial that he make more friends. • provocative adj.: • stirring up thoughts or feelings. • Example: Seeing the other rhinos playing games had a provocative • effect on Ronnie.
irrevocably adv.: • in a way that cannot be undone or changed. • Example: Ronnie felt that he had irrevocably damaged his reputation after • he forget his glasses and accidentally charged at a large tree. • cognitive adj.: • having to do with the process of knowing and being able to remember. • Example: The incident with the tree damaged his brain and temporarily • affected Ronnie’s cognitive reasoning. • fugitives n.: • people fleeing from danger. • Example: Ronnie briefly considered becoming a fugitive and leaving his • community.
incomprehensible adj.: • impossible to understand. • Example: Ronnie’s parents found it incomprehensible that he wanted to run • away and bought him a trampoline to make him feel better. • incentiven.: • reason to do something; motivation. • Example: The trampoline gave Ronnie incentive to hang around. • dispel v.: • scatter; drive away. • Example: He hoped that others would forget his accident with the tree, and • eventually he could dispel the idea that he wasn’t very bright.
eloquence n.: • ability to write or speak gracefully and convincingly. • Example: Ronnie tried to show great eloquence whenever he was in • the presence of the other rhinos. • skimpy adj.: • less than enough. • Example: Ronnie also began eating skimpy portions, thinking that perhaps • he was too fat. • grudginglyadv.: • reluctantly; unwillingly • Ronnie grudgingly ate the meals that his mother provided for him.
gaunt adj.: • very thin and bony. • Example: Ronnie decided to start eating again when his face started to look • gaunt. • rummaged v.: • searched through the contents of something. • Example: Ronnie rummaged through his drawer to find his favorite cologne • and then went for a walk through the woods. • savoring v.: • enjoying with great delight. • Example: Imagine Ronnie’s surprise when he turned around and found Rita • savoring his scent and checking out his nose-horn. Finally, he had found a • special friend.