ADAGE

1. ADAGE DUDE IT’S BY MARCUS MCDONALD

2. DEFINITIONS • Synonyms: maxim, saw, aphorism • Noun: a proverb, and a wise saying

3. Using in sentences • AUSTIN USED AN ADAGE TO START HIS SPEECH FOR HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS. • SUMMER USED AN ADAGE TO START HER SPEECH FOR HER ENGLISH CLASS.

4. CITADEL

5. DEFINITIONS • NOUN: A GIANT CASTLE WATCHING AND PROTECTING A CITY • SYNONYMS: A CASTLE, AND A FORT

6. SENTENCES • MARCUS LIVES IN A BEAUTIFUL FORTRESS IN TENNESSEE. • RICHARD CLEANS MARCUS’S FORTRESS.

7. COLLABORATE

8. DEFINITONS • VERB: TO WOK WELL TOGETHER • SYNONYMS: TO JOIN TOGETHER, WORK WITH • ANTONYM: WORK BY YOUSELF

9. SENTENCES • AUSTIN AND LUKE NEED TO STOP FIGHTING AND COLLABORATE • ROBOTS NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH US.

10. EVOLVE

11. DEFINITIONS • VERB: TO GOW FROM CAVE MAN TO BUSINESS MAN • SYNONYM: TO EMERGE • ANTONYM: TO SHRIVEL UP

12. SENTENCES • CHUCK NORRIS CAN EVOLVE HIS FIST INTO A SPEEDING ROCKET SHIP. BAM!!!! • WE EVOLVED FROM CAVE MEN TO A BOSS MAN OR CEO MAN.

13. GROPE

14. DEFINITIONS • VERB: TO FEEL AROUND BLINDLY • SYNONYMS: TO WALK ABOUT WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE YOU ARE

15. SENTENCES • AUSTIN PROPED AROUND FOR THE LIGHT SWITCH • JOHNNY GROPED AORUND LOOKING FOR HIS SHOES

16. RUBBLE

17. DEFINITIONS • NOUN: RUINS BROKEN BRICKS OR STONES • SYNONYMS: A WRECKAGE PIECES OF BUILDINGS EVERYWHERE.

18. SENTENCES • WHEN THE BUILDING EXPLODED RUBBLE WAS SHOT IN ALL DIRECTIONS

19. BANTER

20. DEFINITIONS • VERB: TO TEASE, MAKE PLAYFUL COMMENTS • NOUN: TALK THAT STEASING AND OR PLAYFUL.

21. SENTENCES • WHEN I BANTER MY FRIENDS KNOW IT (SOMETIMES) • PLAYFUL BANTER CAN SOMETIMES GO TO FAR AND BECOME UNPLAYFUL

22. GINGERLY

23. DEFINITIONS • ADJ., ADV: CAUTION OF EXTREME CAREFULNESS • SYNONYMS: CAUTIOUSLY, WITH GREAT CARE • ANTONYM: AGGRESIVELY, WITHOUT CARE

24. SENTENCES • WHEN THE MOVERS CAME UP WITH THE PIANO THEY DIDN’T PUT IT DOWN GINGERLY AND ONE OF THE LEGS BROKE • GINGERLY MARCUS PUT THE GLASS CASE FULL OF GLASS THINGS BACK ON ITS STAND ON THE BOOK SHELF

25. LEGENDARY

26. DEFINITIONS • ADJ: LIVE IN OLD (LEGENDS) THAN IN REAL LIFE • SYNONYMS: A MYTHICAL PERSON OR CREATURE. • SOMETIMES THEY ARE FAMOUS, OR ARE CELEBRATED ON SOME PLACES

27. SENTENCES • HERCULES IS A LEGENDARY GREEK WARIOR. • ZUEZ IS A LEGENDARY GOD IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY

28. MAIM

29. DEFINITIONS • VERB: TO CRIPPLE, • TO INJURE, • TO MUTILATE,

30. SENTENCES • EACH YEAR MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO FALL ARE CRIPPLED OR UNJURED BADLY. • SOME VETERANS OF WAR ARE CRIPPLE

31. WANTON

32. DEFINITIONS • ADJ: HEARTLESS, RECKLESS • NOUN: PAMPERED PERSON, SOMETIMES THEY ARE SPOILED.

33. SENTENCES • SOME RICH PEOPLE ARE A GOOD DEFINITON OF WANTON • SLAVE OWNERS WERE WANTONS

34. COMPLY

35. DEFINITONS • VERB: TO STOP AT A REQUEST OR A FIRM COMMAND. • SYNONYM: TO SUBMIT TO • ANTONYM: REJECT, REFUSING THE REQUEST OR COMMAND

36. SENTENCES • WHEN THE TEACHER REQUESTED JOHN TO GO DOWN TO THE I.S.S ROOM HE REFUSED AND STAYED IN HIS SEAT.

37. GRAPPLE

38. DEFINITIONS • Noun: A IRON HOOK USED TO HOLD OR GRAB SOMETHING • VERB: WRESTLE OR FIGHT, COMING TO GRIPS WITH. • SYNONYMS: (V) CONFRONT OR TACKLE

39. SENTENCES • WHEN CLIMBING A CASTLE WALL U SHOULD USE A GRAPPLE. • MARCUS WAS GOING TO GRAPPLE WITH JOHN BLUE.

40. INSTIGATE

41. DEFINITIONS • VERB: TO PROVOKE, OR START • ANTONYM: STOP,

42. SENTNECES • JOHNATHAN TRIED HIS BEST TO INSTIGATE A FOOD FIGHT IN THE FOOD COURT. • THE DRIVER TRIED TO INSTAGATE THE CAR BUT IT WOULDN’T START

43. LONGEVITY

44. DEFINITIONS • NOUN: LONG LIFE, LENGTH OF A LIFETIME • ANTONYMS:TRANSIENCE, OR SHORT LIVED

45. SENTENCES • SEA TURTLES HAVE A LONGEVITY. • HUMANS DON’T HAVE LONGEVITY

46. PERSPECTIVE

47. DEFINITIONS • NOUN: SOME ONES POINT OF VIEW SOMETIMES WITH DIFF. PEPLE THE STORY IS DIFF. BUT THE PROBLEM MAY BE THE SAME. • SYNONTMS: VIEWPOINT

48. SENTENCES • THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PLAINTIFF DIDN’T HAD UP TO THE REAL STORY

49. UNISON

50. DEFINITONS • NOUN: SOUNDING TOGETHER • SYNONYMS: HARMONY