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Friday, January 14, 2011

Vocabulary 5th

Ambuscades: Noun: Ambushes. The British ambuscades were forcing the American's defence further and further back.

Canker: Verb: Something that causes decay. The canker of hate obliged Jade to eat Zack.

Pernicious: Adjective: Having a harmful effect in a subtle way. Zack's pernicious spreading of rumors was becoming rather excessive.

Vex: Verb: Make someone feel annoyed or frustrated. The duck became vex with the goose after the goose had stole his bread.

Transgression: Verb: Infringe or go beyond the bounds of. Diving the fifteen foot diving board was the toddler's transgression.

Augmenting: Verb: Make something greater by adding to it. Jack and Jill began augmenting water by allowing the sink to continuously run to disable the pipes from freezing.

Heretics: Noun: A person believing in or practicing religious heresy. A group of heretics were put to death for their crimes against a god.

Profane: Adjective: Relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical. The reverend occasionally included biblical and profane topics in his speeches.

Propagate: Verb: Spread word of. The communists wished to propagate a totillitarianist world.

Grievance: Noun: Unfair. I'LL KNOW YOUR GRIEVANCE OR BE MUCH DENIED!

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