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Enhance Your Vocabulary: 10 Powerful Words with Definitions and Context

Expand your vocabulary with a selection of ten impactful words that enrich your everyday communication. Each word includes its part of speech, its definition, and context clues to help you understand and use it effectively. From the delightful "delectable" to the thought-provoking "demagogue," this guide also features terms like "dilatory," "depravity," and "desolate," providing real-world examples to illustrate their meanings. Perfect for students and language enthusiasts alike, this resource will bolster your lexicon and comprehension skills.

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Enhance Your Vocabulary: 10 Powerful Words with Definitions and Context

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  1. SAT List #75 on front, 5 on back. • desecrate • desolate • despot • didactic • diminution delectable delineate demagogue dilatory depravity

  2. Context Clues: Guess the: P.O.S. & definition • The delectable dessert was eaten in a matter of seconds. (adj) delicious; delightful; savory • The commander made sure to delineate the plan to the rest of his troops. (v) describe; outline; depict • Hitler was a demagogue who eventually rose to power in Nazi Germany. (n) incendiary; agitator; opportunist

  3. "De"se words rock! • The dilatory student didn’t bring paper or pen. (adj) lazy; lackadaisical 5. Nobody could believe that such depravity existed in the murderer. (n) perverted disposition; wickedness; vileness; corruption 6. The church walls were desecrate(d) by graffiti and foul language. (v) contaminate; profane; defile

  4. D-d-d-on't forget to study! • After being stranded on the island, the desolate man gave up hope in being found. (adj) alone; without hope or comfort; forsaken • It is hard to think of another despot worse than Hitler . (n) dictator; tyrant; totalitarian • The book was used for didactic purposes and was not a book to be read for fun. (adj) pedantic; academic; for teaching

  5. Last one! 10. The diminution of food suggested that a trip to the grocery store was necessary. (n) decrease; reduction

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