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Augment (Verb) |
To make larger; increase |
Balthazar thought to _______ his financial income by taking a second job at Waffle House |
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Encapsulate (Noun) |
To enclose in |
Beyoncé's fear of wasps caused her to ___________ the one in class between the pages of her favorite book |
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Opulent (Adjective) |
Wealthy; luxurious; ample |
Xavier's ______ aunt would shower him with all kinds of expensive clothes and shoes when he stayed with her during the summer |
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Pliable (Adjective) |
Easily bent; easily influenced |
Justo was _______ enough to believe that the sky was falling during the hailstorm; he had never seen it before, so he accepted any answer to make sense of it |
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Recede (Verb) |
Move back or retreat |
The army was forced to ______ from the battlefield when their enemy's started closing in on them |
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Reiterate (Verb) |
To say again or repeat |
The teacher was forced to _________ the test instructions because not everyone was listening |
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Stolid (Adjective) |
Uneasily moved mentally or emotionally |
Though everyone cried uncontrollably at the funeral, Marcus stood silent with a ______ look on his dry, emotionless face |
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Vernacular (Noun) |
Common language; everyday speech |
Because Daquan was from the North, he had trouble understanding the strange __________ people spoke every day in the South |