vocabulary #8
Attrition- natural loss of individuals
noun
Latin
əˈtriSHən
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-this grocery store is attrition people, the y sell the grocery's to expensive and they are loosing more and more customers each day.
-the coach is way to hard on us during practice he is attrition the players. the player keep quitting the team to go to another.
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-this grocery store is attrition people, the y sell the grocery's to expensive and they are loosing more and more customers each day.
-the coach is way to hard on us during practice he is attrition the players. the player keep quitting the team to go to another.
circumvent-to avoid
verb
Latin
ˌsərkəmˈvent
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-this man is trying to circumvent the sharks by going the other direction so that he wont get bitten.
-i try to circumvent the big puddle of water buy going around it so that i wont get my shoes dirty.
cohesive-connected
adjective
Latin
kōˈhēsiv,-ziv
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-all of these puzzle peaces are cohesive together. they are stuck together they have to disconnect them to get them separate.
-i cohesive d my charger to the wasll so my phone could get charged. when i disconnect the charger from the wall the charger will no longer charge my phone.
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-all of these puzzle peaces are cohesive together. they are stuck together they have to disconnect them to get them separate.
-i cohesive d my charger to the wasll so my phone could get charged. when i disconnect the charger from the wall the charger will no longer charge my phone.
grievous-terrible
adjective
French,English
ˈgrēvəs
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-this guy is very mad because he got a very grievous grade on his test. He got a 55 on his test.
-the judges told the girl that she had done a grievous job on the performance. she forgot almost every thing in the middle of it.
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-this guy is very mad because he got a very grievous grade on his test. He got a 55 on his test.
-the judges told the girl that she had done a grievous job on the performance. she forgot almost every thing in the middle of it.
inundate-flood
verb
Latin
ˈinənˌdāt
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-this grocery store is inundated with people because they are scared of the storm. The store is so full the people cant get through the lines.
-when it rained for weeks in NC the streets almost got inundated with to much water. the streets were going to get full of water.
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-this grocery store is inundated with people because they are scared of the storm. The store is so full the people cant get through the lines.
-when it rained for weeks in NC the streets almost got inundated with to much water. the streets were going to get full of water.
oblivious-not noticing
adjective
Latin, English
əˈblivēəs
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-the two people that were on there bikers were oblivious where they were going so they crashed into each other. they did not look who was coming in front on them or on there sides
-when i was rushing through the hallways i was oblivious other people. i was not watching where i was going and i crashed into a girl.
reticent-quiet
adjective
Latin
ˈretəsənt
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-this person has been very reticent. He has not said nothing in class he is usually the one answering everything.
-when someone is sad or depressed they are usually very reticent, they don't want to talk to people they just want to be alone.
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-this person has been very reticent. He has not said nothing in class he is usually the one answering everything.
-when someone is sad or depressed they are usually very reticent, they don't want to talk to people they just want to be alone.
robust-strong and well
adjective
Latin
ˈrōˌbəst
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-this person is robust he can lift the lady up, he is well cause he eats healthy.
-weightlifters are very robust, cause the exercise all of the time and they eat good.
sanction-to grant approval of
verb
Latin,French
saNG(k)SHən
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-this man is congratulating the other because they just sanction for the teacher to get money to buy new class materials.
-the schools want the school board to sanction the use of money to buy new texts books.
vociferous-loud
adjective
vəˈsifərəs,vō-
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-this man is covering his ears because he heard a very vociferous noise. The loudness of the sound hurt his ears.
-when the teacher played the music she forgot to put the volume down so music was very vociferous, the students got scared of the loudness.
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-this man is covering his ears because he heard a very vociferous noise. The loudness of the sound hurt his ears.
-when the teacher played the music she forgot to put the volume down so music was very vociferous, the students got scared of the loudness.
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