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Understanding Key Vocabulary: Adverse to Stamina in Context

Explore essential vocabulary terms through this comprehensive guide, perfect for enhancing your language skills. Each term is defined with examples, allowing you to grasp their meanings in various contexts. Key words include adverse, arid, assailant, and more, each with its own part of speech and nuanced definitions. Learn how to effectively use vocabulary such as "constrain," "manipulate," and "serene," and discover their relevance in literature and daily communication. Ideal for students, writers, and anyone looking to expand their lexicon meaningfully.

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Understanding Key Vocabulary: Adverse to Stamina in Context

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  1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2

  2. Adverse (adj) Unfavorable; negative; working against or hostile.

  3. ARID (ADJ) • Extremely dry; uninteresting; dull

  4. ASSAILANT (N) A person who attacks violently with blows or words.

  5. BILLOW (N) a large wave (V) to rise or swell like a wave

  6. CONFRONT (V) to meet face to face especially as a challenge; or come to grips with.

  7. CONSTRAIN (V) to force or compel to restrain or hold back.

  8. CONTEMPORARY (ADJ)belonging to the same period of time as oneself. (N) a person of the same time.

  9. DEPICT (V) to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture.

  10. DISINTERESTED (ADJ) fair minded; free from selfish motives; indifferent.

  11. ENCOMPASS (V) to encircle; go or reach around, to enclose; to include with a certain group or class.

  12. GROUNDLESS (ADJ) without any good reason or cause; unjustified.

  13. HYPOCRITE (N) a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is; a two-faced person.

  14. INCOMPREHENSIBLE (ADJ) impossible to understand.

  15. MANIPULATE (V) to handle or use skillfully; to manage or control for personal gain or advantage.

  16. MAXIMUM • (N) the greatest possible amount or degree. • (ADJ) reaching the greatest possible amount or degree.

  17. Mimic • (N) a person who does imitations • (V) to imitate or to make fun of

  18. RUFFLE (V) to wrinkle make uneven; to annoy upset; to flip through. (N) a gathered strip of material used for trimming edges; a ripple; a low drum beat.

  19. SERENE (ADJ) peaceful; calm; free of emotional upset; clear and free of storm; majestic; grand.

  20. SHEEPISH (ADJ) embarrassed; resembling a sheep in meekness; or timid.

  21. STAMINA (N) strength needed to keep going or over come physical or mental strain; staying power

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