GACS lclab - English 8 - Wordly Wise 3000 - Book 8, Lesson 18 - Applying the Meanings
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GACS lclab - English 8 - Wordly Wise 3000 - Book 8, Lesson 18 - Applying the Meanings
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GACS lclab Jr. High - English 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aperture | Tony could see an eye peering at him through a small ____________in the door. |
| cache | A hollowed-out book provided a ______________for the family's jewels. |
| cache | I found my sister's ______________of marbles in the back of the closet. |
| combustible | Don't store _____________rags near the furnace. |
| delegates | _____________from each section of the state attended the meeting on water conservation in the capital. |
| delegated | Mr. Reese ______________to Karen and me the task of lining up the music for our school dance. |
| inclement | We had such ________________weather on the scheduled day of our field trip to the zoo that we postponed it to the following week. |
| inclement | The warden's decision to shackle the prisoners was only one of his many ______________actions. |
| indelible | The beauty of Venice made an ________________impression on the visitors. |
| malady | Malaria is a ________________ prevelant in tropical areas. |
| memoir | The Civil War anthology contains a moving _______________by a young Union cavalry officer. |
| paramount | It is ________________that my mother receive this message before she leaves the house at 5:00 p.m.. |
| rectified | The hospital ________________the mistake in billing by sending Uncle Guy a check for the amount he had overpaid. |
| requisite | When Aunt Mercedes completes the ______________ two-year course, she plans to become a travel agent. |
| squeamish | There is no reason to feel _________about giving blood. |
| tract | The students developed a ____________of land in the center of the city for a vegetable garden. |
| tract | The esophagus and stomach are part of the digestive ___________. |
| tracts | Volunteers handed out ___________on legal reform. |
| tribulations | The daily threat of injury or death because of buried land mines is only one of the ______________the Cambodian people live with. |
| vignettes | The movie begins with a series of ______________about life in Los Angeles. |
| A squeamish leader | is one with a weak stomach. |
| A tract is | an area of land. |
| A malady is | a sickness. |
| If someething is inclement, | it is excessively harsh. |
| Tribulations are | things that cause suffering. |
| If someething is paramount, | it is most important. |
| An aperture is | an opening. |
| A cache is | something hidden away. |
| To delegate a piece of work is | to assign it to someone. |
| A requisite item | is one that is needed. |
| vignettes | Mark Twain's writings contain numerous (short sketches that give a clear picture) of rural America. |
| rectify | Please (make the necessary corrections to) these figures and return them to me. |
| delegates | The French (people representing their country) were among the dignitaries who left early. |
| cache | Whatever had been in the (secret hiding place) was gone when we opened it. |
| tract | The kidneys are part of the urinary (system of the body). |
| indelible | I was not happy when I discovered that the ink stain on my new pants was (impossible to remove). |
| memoirs | These humorous (personal accounts) of life in the White House were written by various employees of the president and his wife. |
| requisites | Sleeping bags and warm clothing are among the (things that are required) for a camping trip. |
| combustible | Oily rags are (quick to catch on fire and burn), so dispose of them carefully. |
| inclement | The March weather was so (stormy and unsettled) that we took a bus to the museum instead of walking. |
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