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Vocabulary

Setera Mobley

Prosthesis

  • The replacement of a missing bodily part with an artificial substitute.
  • Noun
  • After the man returned from the war he had to get a prosthesis on his leg.
  • Synonyms: artificial arm, fake limb, pegleg, and wooden leg.
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Dulcet

  • Pleasing to the ear.
  • Adjective
  • At the theater the woman who was playing the cello was playing music so dulcet.
  • Synonyms: Pleasant, sweet, or musical
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Beseech

  • Ask for or request earnestly.
  • Verb
  • The little girl beseech for the cookies that were cooling on the counter.
  • Synonym: bid, press, entreat, or plead
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Legume

  • A Leguminous plant, one grown as a crop.
  • Noun
  • When we went to the farmers market we looked for healthy and affordable legume to make for dinner.
  • Synonyms: edible, greens, herb, or produce.

Prim

  • Stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper.
  • Adjective
  • The lady pursed her lips into a prim expression to the child that ate with his fingers.
  • Synonyms: choosy, goody goody, nice, proper, stiff, or orderly.
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Pungent

  • having a sharply strong taste or smell.
  • Adjective
  • Subway has a wonderful pungent when u walk in the door.
  • Synonyms: strong, powerful, or pervasive.
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Gadfly

  • A persistently annoying person.
  • Noun
  • There is a person in my class who everyone thinks is a gadfly person.
  • Synonyms: annoyance, irritating, or a pest
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Pellucid

  • Transparently clear, easily understandable.
  • Adjective
  • I wish some of our teachers would be more pellucid when they taught or gave instructions.
  • Synonyms: plain, simple, or clear.

Astringent

  • sour or bitter in taste
  • adjective
  • When the baby ate the astringent lemon its face contorted.
  • Synonyms: biting, cutting, or sharp
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Stentorian

  • With a booming voice
  • Adjective
  • My brother has a stentorian voice when he talks.
  • Synonyms: loud, booming, or blaring

Emend

  • To make corrections to
  • Verb
  • Teachers emend all of our work we turn in.
  • Synonyms: better, edit, touch up, or improve
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Horticulture

  • The art or practice of garden cultivation and management.
  • Noun
  • My moms best friend is a master at horticulture.
  • Synonyms: agriculture, or farming,
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Sanctuary

  • A place of refuge or safety
  • Noun
  • Most people think of their home being their sanctuary.
  • Synonyms: shelter, hideaway, refuge

Wisteria

  • A climbing shrub of the pea family.
  • Noun
  • I love the way the wisteria climbs all over what it can reach.
  • Synonyms: ?
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Lachrymose

  • Tearful or sad
  • Adjective
  • I was very lachrymose when I got a bad grade on my report card.
  • weepy, or teary
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