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VOCABULARY

DEFTLY

• POS: ADV• Definition – carefully• SThe mother deftly handled her child with care.

• Synonyms: finely, beautifully, skillfully, cautiously

ENSUED

• POS: verb• Definition – start to happen, come to pass• SThe argument ensued when one person offended another.

• Synonyms: arise, come up, occur

AMICABLE

• POS: adj.• Definition – friendly, especially regarding an

agreement• S• The amicable child did not throw rocks at the car

while all of his friends did.

• Synonyms: amiable, polite, civil, neighborly

ODIOUS

• POS: adj.• Definition – hateful, horrible• S• The teacher became odious when her students

did not do their homework for the day it was due.

• Synonyms: loathsome, obnoxious, vile

CONCURRED

• POS: verb• Definition – agree, approve • S• The mother did not concur with the child) (about

raising his allowance.

• Synonyms: acquiesce, coincide

FERVOR

• POS: noun• Definition – excitement, enthusiasm• SThe cheer leader expressed great fervor at the football game when the team won.

• Synonyms: intensity, passion, warmth

QUERIED

• POS: verb• Definition – ask• SThe young girl shuddered when the man queried her about the cause of the car crash.

• Synonyms: inquire, quiz, interrogate

CHARTREUSE

• POS: adj.• Definition – greenish in color• SThe chartreuse shirt was a very nice color on her because it brought out the green in her eyes.

• Synonyms: blue-green, olive

ABODE

• POS: noun• Definition – building or place where one resides• S• He wanted to go back to his abode because of his

lack of interest in school.

• Synonyms: home, house, living quarters

SNIPED

• POS: verb• Definition – jeer• SThe man sniped at me after I fell in a mud puddle in the parking lot.• Synonyms: hackle, scoff, sneer, taunt

INEPTITUDE

• POS: noun• Definition – incapacity• SThe girl’s magical ineptitude was comical when she turned the teacher’s hair blue and put it in a bun.• Synonyms: inability, uselessness

INTREPID

• POS: adj. • Definition – brave, nervy• SThe intrepid children snuck into the haunted house on Halloween night only to find that their father was waiting to scare them all.• Synonyms: courageous, fearless

PAUCITY

• POS: noun• Definition – lack, scarcity• SThe paucity of food in our house was making me angry because I was hungry .Synonyms: dearth, insufficiency, smallness

TREKKED

• POS: verb• Definition – journey• SI trekked across the mountain so that I could see the sun set over the ocean.• Synonyms: hike, migrate, trudge

OTIOSE

• POS: adj. • Definition – lazy• SEven though the puppy loved to run, he was still extremely otiose in the afternoon because puppies need much rest as they grow.• Synonyms: idle, slothful