Curriculum Vocabulary 2:13 ~ ASSIGNMENT: Write each word, its part of speech and a meaningful, grammatically perfect sentence of your own devising for each word. You do not need to write what is in italics.
1. vindicate, verb
clear of blame or suspicion
show to be right or justified
Example: "He successfully vindicated his client's innocence."
2. abate, verb
1 to become less intense or widespread. 2 to reduce or remove |
Abate your speed at the ________________. |
Example: Please abate the loud noise in the classroom.
3. prostrate, noun
• adjective
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• verb (prostrate oneself) throw oneself flat on the ground in reverence or submission. |
4. wayward, adjective
adjective; self-willed and unpredictable; perverse.
1 : following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations : ungovernable <a wayward child>
2 : following no clear principle or law : unpredictable
What happens when a student becomes wayward?
| Exclusively on 'Extra:' Britney Spears Finally Gets Help, Enters Rehab | |
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| “Extra” has learned exclusively that after months of hard partying, pop princess Britney Spears has entered rehab("Exclusively..." ). | |
5. apothecary, noun
One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes
Who is preparing the illegal bottle of poison?
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0216spears. "Exclusively on 'Extra:' Britney Spears Finally Gets Help, Enters Rehab." Extra Close to the Stars. 2007 TTT West Coast, Inc.16 Feb. 2007 <http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/exclusively_on_extra_britney_s.html>.
"Exclusively on 'Extra:' Britney Spears Finally Gets Help, Enters Rehab." Extra Close to the Stars. 2007 TTT West Coast, Inc.16 Feb. 2007 <http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/exclusively_on_extra_britney_s.html>.