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Vocabulary Warm Up (Forlorn (Definition: pitifully sad and abandoned or…
Vocabulary Warm Up
Forlorn
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Synonym: Pitiful, solitary, deprived
Antonym: Happy, accompanied
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Use in a sentence: Ever since me and my girlfriend broke up, I've felt very forlorn.
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Arduous
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Synonym: Burdensome, Exhausting
Antonym: Easy, Effortless
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Emulate
Definition: match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
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Cursory
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adverb: quickly and without enough attention to detail synonym briefly, perfunctorily.
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Recapitulate
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Adj: To say something again,
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Mirth
Definition: amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
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Adverb: In a mirthless manner, sadly
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Didactic
Definition: intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
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Abrogate
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Synonym: Abolish, Invalidate, Repeal
Antonym: Approve, Enact, Pass
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Adumbrate
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Use in a sentence: He should adumbrate his strategy, to translate the mission into reality.
Nomenclature
Definition: the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.
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Sentence: Steve wanted to become a lawyer more than anything, but he could never grasp the nomenclature
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Surreptitious
Definition: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
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Enfranchise
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Sentence: He saw that to establish peace in Ireland the Roman Catholics would have to be enfranchised
Prudence
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Sentence: He was a friend of Pericles and a, man of prudence and moderation.
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Dirge
Definition: a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
Synonyms: Elegy, lament, requiem
Antonym: Anthem, Jubilation
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