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Test your understanding of diverse vocabulary words and enhance your language skills through this assignment. Write sentences to demonstrate the meaning of each word and solidify your knowledge. Strengthen your grasp of language with this engaging exercise.
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Accretion: gradual coming together; process of growth by accumulation • “A high school diploma represents an accretion of knowledge.”
2. Bier: stand for a coffin • “The pallbearers lifted the coffin from its bier.”
3. Canard: absurd report spread as a hoax • “The people did not believe the fake news canard.”
4. Dastardly: cowardly • “The dastardlydriver sped off after causing the car accident.”
5. Endemic: restricted to a particular area • “The CDC quarantined the town to contain the endemic disease.”
6. Feral: beast-like • “My dogs makeferal noises when they play in the back yard.”
7. Immolate: kill as a sacrifice • “The primitive tribes immolated the animal in an attempt to appease their gods.”
8. Ingrate: ungrateful person • “You awful ingrate! You did that after all I’ve done for you?”
9. Lucent: clear; luminous • “I learned how to speak lucently in my speech class.”
10. Mulct: to get money by fraud • The con man managed to mulct his way into thousands of dollars by preying upon innocent, naïve people. However, he soon paid with his life.”
11. Olfactory: of the sense of smell • “Through my olfactory sense, I perceived a wretched odor emanating from the boys bathroom.”
12. Perspicacious: astute; sharp- witted • “Through my perspicacious intellect, I easily solved the riddle.”
13. Remiss: negligent in performing a duty • The remiss student forgot to study for his test and failed miserably. This landed him in summer school where he languished for two long months.”
14. Rococo: Elaborately ornamental • “The rococo architecture of that building captured my attention.”
15. Sonic: relating to sound • The plane broke the sonic barrier by flying over 768 miles per hour.
16. Sylvan: wooded • “We stayed at a cabin in a sylvanarea surrounded by wildlife.”
17. Unanimity: complete agreement • “The unanimity of the vote meant that everyone was in favor of the law.”
Assignment • Show mastery of each vocabulary word by writing a sentence that demonstrates its meaning. • Underline the vocabulary word in the sentence. • Skip lines between sentences.
