Jessica Parada #21
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
11/11/15
20 Words
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
11/11/15
20 Words
- Abate: (Verb) Not good impact/threatening [Ex: The weather in LA is abate.]
- Abode: (Noun) House [“Go to the abode,” the mother said.]
- Accord: (Verb) Giving [The boy accord a pencil to the teacher]
- Acrid: (Adj.) Not the best smell/taste [There is acrid smell in the subway.]
- Adept: (Adj.) Expert at something/better [The person who came in today is an adept at shoes.]
- Adjacent: (Adj.) Next to an object [The dog is adjacent to the vase.]
- Advocate: (Noun) Supporting [The paperclip is advocating the papers so they won’t fall out.]
- Affable: (Adj.) Kind/Likeable [Water is affable.]
- Affliction: (Noun) In pain [The woman is having an affliction because of her broken leg.]
- Akin: (Adj.) Relatable/Same thing [All TV’s are akin.]
- Allege: (Verb) Claiming something [The girl was alleging that the doll was hers.]
- Allure: (Noun) Appealing/ pulling [The smell of perfume allure people to buy it.]
- Ambiguous: (Adj.) Having multiple meaning [A computer is ambiguous.]
- Amiss: (Adj.) Not the same/unusual [Ever since they came back everything was amiss.]
- Anarchy: (Noun) Not following the rules [People who are anarchy can get in trouble.]
- Apathetic: (Adj.) Uninterested/ Not a lot of emotions [The dog was apathetic during the ride.]
- Apex: (Noun) Top/ Highest point [The hikers went to the apex of the mountain.]
- Articulate: (Adj.) Speaking professionally/fluently [Some people are articulate in English.]
- Aspire: (Verb) Dreams/ Wanting [The girl aspires to get a kitten when she gets older.]
- Assimilate: (Verb) Getting information [The detective is assimilating.]