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Vocab 10. Aquatic – Growing or living in or on water There are many strange aquatic animals in the deep blue sea!. 2) Assert – To say firmly; to declare When you are in charge, you need to assert yourself!. 3) Avert – To keep from happening
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Aquatic – Growing or living in or on water There are many strange aquatic animals in the deep blue sea!
2) Assert – To say firmly; to declare When you are in charge, you need to assert yourself!
3) Avert – To keep from happening The driver averted the accident by being quick.
4) Bleak – Without much hope; cold and dreary Her future looked bleak unless she graduated from high school.
5) Blithe – Cheerful; carefree The day care center has a blithe atmosphere.
6) Docile – Well behaved; easy to handle The dog was docile enough to take to school.
7) Dwindle – To keep on becoming less; to grow smaller in number or amount. My hopes to buy the dress dwindled as I went through my wallet.
8) Lethal – Causing, or capable of causing, death The lethal injection is allowed in some states.
9) Monitor – To watch closely and frequently; to observe and make note We have to monitor his health weekly.
10) Mutilate – To hurt or damage by cutting into, cutting off, or cutting out Please don’t mutilate my book!
11) Nimble – Able to move quickly and easily She was nimble when it came to basketball.
12) Plight – A difficult or dangerous condition or situation Students who do not do their homework find themselves in a plight.
13) Ponderous – Heavy and slow moving The elephant made its way with ponderous steps through the clearing.
14) Verge – An edge, border, or brink She was on the verge of tears.
15) Vigilant –Watchful; ready for danger A police officer must always be vigilant on the job.