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Enhancing Your Vocabulary: Week 2 with Key Words and Concepts

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This resource presents essential vocabulary from Week 2 of our vocabulary-building program. Here, we explore key terms such as adage, bonanza, churlish, citadel, collaborate, decree, discordant, evolve, excerpt, and grope. Each term is defined with contextual examples to enhance understanding. Students can learn how to effectively incorporate these words into their spoken and written communication, making their language skills more robust. Engaging with these concepts weekly will enrich your vocabulary and improve overall expressiveness.

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Enhancing Your Vocabulary: Week 2 with Key Words and Concepts

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  1. Vocabulary Week 2 Campagna

  2. adage • One way to begin an informal speech or an oral report is to quote an old adage.

  3. adage • N. a proverb, wise saying

  4. bonanza • The thrilling adventure movie set in Alaska proved to be a box-office bonanza.

  5. bonanza • N. a rich mass of ore in a mine; something very valuable; sudden profit or gain

  6. churlish • The store manager instructed all the salesclerks to avoid churlish replies to customers’ questions

  7. churlish • Adj. lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude

  8. citadel • A medieval citadel once guarded the capital city of the Greek island of Rhodes

  9. citadel • N. a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or commanding place

  10. collaborate • Several students plan to collaborate on a geology project for the annual science fair

  11. collaborate • V. to work with, work together

  12. decree • There went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

  13. decree • N. an order having the force of law; v. to issue such an order; to command firmly or forcefully

  14. discordant • Their little spat struck a discordant note in our otherwise happy family get-together.

  15. discordant • Adj. disagreeable in sound, jarring; lacking in harmony, conflicting

  16. evolve • Authors hope that their notes, descriptions, and character sketches will evolve into a book.

  17. evolve • V. to develop gradually; to rise to a higher level

  18. excerpt My essay includes a long excerpt from a speech by Sojourner Truth.

  19. excerpt • N. a passage taken from a book, article, ect.; v. to take such a passage; to quote

  20. grope • When the power failed, we had to grope in the dark to find a working flashlight.

  21. grope • V. To feel about hesitantly with the hands; to search blindly and uncertainly over and over

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