Missing Words For Final 9Th Grade English

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admonition

Back 1

gentle scolding or friendly advise

My mother's admonition is to always make the right choice and not let peer pressure guide my actions.

or

I got quite an admonition (scolding) last weekend after my episode at the ghetty.

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virile

Back 2

masculine; manly

Barbara hits that ball with what appears to be almost virile strength.

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aesthetic

Back 3

having to do with beauty or order

I care a lot about the aesthetics of a person (how they look and whether they are ugly or pretty)

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premonition

Back 4

a vision; a warning of something before it happens

My mother had a premonition about the ghetty last weekend. She had heard that Stella was crazy so she expected crazyness out of her house.

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virtuoso

Back 5

adj. someone extraordinarily skilled in a particular art

He had a virtouso performance. He was excellent playing the flute.

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demagogue

Back 6

1.A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument. (negative adjetive)

A demagogue is a rabble-rouser', who is good at making the kind of speeches that get his audience really worked up, wild, crazy - you just name it! Obvious examples include Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Juan Peron.

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empathy

Back 7

sharing of another's emotions

Empathy is a beautiful quality, being able to feel the pain or happiness someone else might or is experiencing. People who are emptathic usually put themselves in the other person's shoes to see how the other person would feel. Bullies have NO empathy,

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pathos

Back 8

power of evoking great sadness or sympathy

Her essay had great pathos as it trully made me feel sad for her misfortune.

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pandemic

Back 9

having an effect on a large area or region

A pandemic flu is one that affects a large area and scares many scientists like the pandemic bird virus.

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antipathy

Back 10

hostility or hatred (or distaste)

My mother has a natural anthipathy toweards animals; they really bother her.

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cosmopolitan

Back 11

worldly or sophisticated

Miami, NY and Chicago are cosmopolitan cities. Salt Lake City is not.

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sentinel

Back 12

one who watches or guards

At Culver, we always had sentinels to watch over the troops to ensure everyone is behaving properly and following rules.

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presentiment

Back 13

a feeling about something before it happens

My mother had a presentiment that something was not going to go right at Stella's house that night. It's almost as if she had a premonition.

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tangible

Back 14

able to be grasped or perceived

A tangible benefit is one that can be measured, for example the value of a house ( a house can be appraised and sold so you always know what the value of it is )

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rancid

Back 15

rotten; spoiled

The watermelon became rancid after we left it out in the heat all day.

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rancor

Back 16

bitterness; hostility

Many Palmer students and athlets have rancor toward Westminster athletes because they think they stole the victory bell

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putrid

Back 17

rotten; suggesting decomposition

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stagnant

Back 18

unhealthy because of lack of movement

Stagnant is something that doesn't move; it could be a river that doesn't have much current, or an economy that is stuck and won't grow.

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malodorous

Back 19

foul-smelling

THere is a maladorous smell in this area, almost as if there was a dead rat.

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odoriferous

Back 20

giving off an odor


Chemical engineers develop odoriferous that can be used to create great perfumes.

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redolent

Back 21

suggesting; carrying the hint of

1.having a pleasant odor; fragrant.

2. odorous or smelling (usually followed by of ): redolent of garlic.

3. suggestive; reminiscent (usually followed by of ): verse redolent of Shakespeare.

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fetid

Back 22

having an unpleasant smell

If you ever leave milk in a car by mistake, like sometimes happened to my mother when I was a baby with my baby milk bottles, the milk would become putrid (rotten) and give off a putid and maladorous smell ( a horrible smell).