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Nonfiction. Vocabulary List #1. Irreparable. Adjective Impossible to repair Synonym: broken; ruined Teacher’s Sentence: Tripping and falling in front of a group of seniors caused irreparable damage to the freshman’s self-esteem. Inscrutable. Adjective Hard to understand or interpret
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Nonfiction Vocabulary List #1
Irreparable • Adjective • Impossible to repair • Synonym: broken; ruined • Teacher’s Sentence: Tripping and falling in front of a group of seniors caused irreparable damage to the freshman’s self-esteem.
Inscrutable • Adjective • Hard to understand or interpret • Synonym: incomprehensible • Teacher’s Sentence: Judging from my teacher’s inscrutable expression, I couldn’t tell if she thought my joke was funny or not.
Indulge • Verb • To treat with excessive tolerance; to spoil • Synonym: gratify • Teacher’s Sentence: The harried mother did not want to indulge her child’s demands, but he was beginning to throw a tantrum.
Intuitively • Adverb • In a way that involves knowing something without consciously learning it • Synonym: perceptively • Teacher’s Sentence: I intuitively locked my car doors when I saw the gangsta’-looking guys with the baggy pants and the hoodies pulled down low over their faces.
Relent • Verb • To become less harsh, strict, or stubborn • Synonym: yield; give in • The over-protective father decided to relent and allow his teenage daughter to go on her first date.
Alien • Adjective • Foreign, strange, unfamiliar • Synonym: exotic, incongruous • Teacher’s Sentence: Expecting to receive something I have not worked for is an alien concept to me because my parents taught me to take pride in earning things for myself.
Speculate • Verb • To guess • Synonym: surmise; conjecture • Teacher’s Sentence: The lack of signs of forced entry caused the detective to speculate that whoever committed the theft must have known the code for the lock; although, at this point he did not know for certain.
Stifle • Verb • To smother; to hold back • Synonym: to curb; to repress • Teacher’s Sentence: I tried to stifle my yawn because I didn’t want the professor to think I was bored by his lecture.
Articulate • Adjective • Clear and effective in speech • Synonym: eloquent; expressive • Teacher’s Sentence: Whether you’re a fan of his or not, most people agree that the ability to make an articulate point is one of President Obama’s strengths as a speaker.
Hedge • Verb • To avoid giving a direct answer • Synonym: to stall, to evade • Teacher’s Sentence: Because I didn’t want to tell my five-year-old that Santa was fictional, I had to hedge my response by turning around and asking him what he thought about it.