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Vocabulary Week 7

Vocabulary Week 7. elucidate plethora enhance vigilant justify. fabricate avid formulate imminent delineate. Introducing…Our Week 7 Words!. elucidate. Part of Speech: verb Parallel Terms: explain, clarify Sample Sentence:

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Vocabulary Week 7

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  1. Vocabulary Week 7

  2. elucidate plethora enhance vigilant justify fabricate avid formulate imminent delineate Introducing…Our Week 7 Words!

  3. elucidate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • explain, clarify • Sample Sentence: • Before selecting her final persuasive writing topic, Dana had to clearly elucidate her argument and research plan.

  4. plethora • Part of Speech: • noun • Parallel Terms: • overabundance, excess • Sample Sentence:

  5. enhance • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • increase, magnify • Sample Sentence: • Many writers use “show, not tell” to help enhance the story images that readers envision.

  6. vigilant • Part of Speech: • adjective • Parallel Terms: • alert, cautious • Sample Sentence:

  7. justify • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • defend, validate • Sample Sentence: • Galileo, an eccentric thinker for his time, was often made to justify his beliefs about the world.

  8. fabricate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • create, make up • Sample Sentence:

  9. avid • Part of Speech: • adjective • Parallel Terms: • eager, devoted • Sample Sentence: • With the approach of the new Hunger Games film, many avid fans have already purchased their midnight tickets.

  10. formulate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • devise, prepare • Sample Sentence:

  11. imminent • Part of Speech: • adjective • Parallel Terms: • approaching, coming up • Sample Sentence: • The imminent arrival of spring break has created a new, excited energy in the sixth grade wing.

  12. delineate • Part of Speech: • verb • Parallel Terms: • define, outline • Sample Sentence:

  13. Construct the Sample Sentence! • By reading the introduction of an effective persuasive essay, the reader should be able to easily _________ the writer’s argument.

  14. Construct the Sample Sentences! • The staff of TCNJ library have assembled a ________ of literary resources for students to use in their studies.

  15. Construct the Sample Sentence! • Noticing the discrepancies in George’s fishing story, Tom believed George was ___________ the truth about the size of the fish he caught.

  16. Construct the Sample Sentence! • Mrs. Magrini asked her sixth grade scientists to ___________ a hypothesis for their environmental change experiment.

  17. Construct the Sample Sentences! • Batman and the Gotham City police force remained _________ in their efforts to arrest the Joker.

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