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Vocabulary: fodder for brilliant thoughts. English 9 Unit 3. She was a strict adherent to the Atkins diet until it wasn’t cool anymore. adherent (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to marauder (n.) a raider, plunderer rift (n.) a split, break, breach.
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Vocabulary: fodder for brilliant thoughts English 9 Unit 3
She was a strict adherent to the Atkins diet until it wasn’t cool anymore. • adherent • (n.) a follower, supporter; • (adj.) attached, sticking to • marauder (n.) • a raider, plunderer • rift (n.) • a split, break, breach
The eminent teacher retired after 35 years. • usurp (v.) • to seize and hold a position by force or without right • eminent (adj.) • famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting • condone (v.) • to pardon or overlook
Beg as you may, I will not abridge the vocabulary test. • irate (adj.) • angry • abridge (v.) • to make shorter • obesity (n.) • extreme fatness
How wonderful to see your cherubic faces in the morning. • cherubic (adj.) • resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; • sweet and innocent • surmount (v.) • to overcome, rise above
You can surmount this obstacle and conquer your obesity. • angry • irate (adj.) • to make shorter • abridge (v.) • extreme fatness • obesity (n.)
Though he says he’s helping them, the people in that neighborhood consider him a marauder. • (n.) a follower, supporter; • (adj.) attached, sticking to • adherent • a raider, plunderer • marauder (n.) • a split, break, breach • rift (n.)
All parents consider their children cherubic – even if only for a moment. • resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; • cherubic (adj.) • to overcome, rise above • surmount (v.)
The coup’s leaders usurped the king’s throne. • to seize and hold a position by force or without right • usurp (v.) • famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting • eminent (adj.) • to pardon or overlook • condone (v.)
The speech at the funeral was insultingly trite. • trite (adj.) • commonplace; overused, stale • altercation (n.) • an angry argument • pilfer (v.) • to steal in small quantities
She expressed her dissent regarding the plan and got fired for it. • dissent • (v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement • exorcise (v.) • to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
I terminated grades and students cheered with joy. • semblance (n.) • a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition • terminate (v.) • to bring to an end • pauper (n.) • an extremely poor person
I could fabricate sentences all day. • fabricate (v.) • to make, manufacture; to make up, invent • GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING • circuitous (adj.) • roundabout, not direct
He presented the semblance of an intelligent man, but then he spoke. • a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition • semblance (n.) • to bring to an end • terminate (v.) • an extremely poor person • pauper (n.)
Stan the man pilfered croutons from the salad bar. • commonplace; overused, stale • trite (adj.) • an angry argument • altercation (n.) • to steal in small quantities • pilfer (v.)
She exorcised the problems that plagued her the year before and did wonderfully. • (v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement • dissent • to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive • exorcise (v.)
Sometimes I take the circuitous way home. • to make, manufacture; to make up, invent • fabricate (v.) • GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING • roundabout, not direct • circuitous (adj.)