VOCABULARY

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1. DEC

IPHER Definition:

• to decode, make sense

Sentence:• I will decipher the secret

message with my decoder.

Examples:• decipher a code• decipher an assignment

2. SYM

PATH

ETIC

Definition:• feeling sorry

Sentence:• The girl was acting

sympathetic as she talked to her friend who had just lost her grandfather.

Examples:• sympathetic teacher• sympathetic neighbor

3. UNIS

ON Definition:• speak or talk together

Sentence:• The chorus sang in

unison at the evening concert.

Examples:• answer in unison• nodded heads in unison

4. PEN

ETRATI

NG

Definition:• go into or through

Sentence:• He never stopped asking

penetrating questions.

Examples:• penetrating look• penetrating sound

5. IRRIT

ABLE Definition:• mad, angry

Sentence:• He had missed his

dinner, and grew irritable.

Examples:• irritable question• irritable baby

6. IM

PENDIN

GDefinition:• Coming soon, occurring

soon

Sentence:• I awoke with a feeling of

impending disaster.

Examples:• impending decision• impending event

7. PRED

ICTI

ONDefinition:• what you think will happen

Sentence:• The meteorologist made a

prediction about the weather next week.

Examples:• game predictionweather prediction

8. CONCED

E Definition:• give in, give up

Sentence:• The government had

to concede when an attack was made.

Examples:• concede a game• concede a truth

9. PROPOSIT

ION

Definition:• to offer

Sentence:• The man considered a

new business proposition.

Examples:• fair proposition• difficult proposition

10. DW

INDLE Definition:

• to become less

Sentence:• The boy watched the

money in his savings account dwindle to nothing.

Examples:• workforce dwindled• authority dwindled

11. DES

CEND

Definition:• to move from a high point

to a low point

Sentence:• We can only hear the creaky

stairs as we descend to the cellar.

Examples:• descend from the sky• descend down the mountain

12. BEW

ILDER

MEN

T

Definition:• confusion

Sentence:• He shook his head in

bewilderment.

Examples:• look of bewilderment• feeling of bewilderment

13. PER

SIST

Definition:• to keep at it

Sentence:• Contact your doctor if

the cough persists.

Examples:• Patient persists• Customer persists

14. ILL

UMIN

ATE

Definition:• to light up, to explain

Sentence:• The city installed new

lights to illuminate each street.

Examples:• illuminate the tree• illuminate an idea

15. MUTU

ALDefinition:• having the same feeling

Sentence:• The family had a mutual

agreement that they would eat supper together each night.

Examples:• mutual agreement• mutual feeling

16. PROSEC

UTE

Definition:• carry on legal action

against

Sentence:• The police decided not to

prosecute because there was not enough evidence.

Examples:• prosecute someone• lawyer prosecutes

17. VIG

OROUSLY

Definition:• done with much energy

Sentence:• He shook his head

vigorously.

Examples:• run vigorously• campaign vigorously

18. TOLE

RATEDefinition:• to put up with, withstand

Sentence:• They were able to

tolerate each other’s differences.

Examples:• tolerate abuse• tolerate the sun

19. ANTI

CIPATE

Definition:• to think about before it

happens

Sentence:• The farmer anticipated

the arrival of the storm.

Examples:• anticipate an event• anticipate a question

20. PROPER

TYDefinition:• characteristics

Sentence:• A radio signal has an

electrical property.

Examples:• property of matter• magnetic property

21. DEC

EIVE

Definition:• mislead, lie

Sentence:• The boy deceived his

parents when he told them he was at a friends house.

Examples:• deceive yourself• deceive the government

22. IM

PATI

ENTL

Y

Definition:• not able to wait

Sentence:• She impatiently waited

for her flight to take off.

Examples:• Impatiently waiting• Impatient people