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What does the word 'beckoning' mean?
What does the word 'beckoning' mean?
- Making a gesture to encourage someone to come nearer (correct)
- Experiencing intense physical or mental pain
- Existing or occurring at the beginning
- Making a gesture to avoid someone
What is the meaning of the word 'forlorn'?
What is the meaning of the word 'forlorn'?
- Pitifully sad and abandoned (correct)
- Making a gesture to avoid someone
- Desolate and abandoned by God or humans
- Experiencing intense physical or mental pain
What does the word 'disbanded' mean?
What does the word 'disbanded' mean?
- To catch fire or cause to catch fire
- To break up or dissolve an organization (correct)
- To apply or bring to bear a force or influence
- To make a gesture to encourage someone to come nearer
What is the meaning of the word 'glimpsed'?
What is the meaning of the word 'glimpsed'?
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What is the meaning of the word 'initial'?
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What is the meaning of the word 'sedition'?
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What is the meaning of the word 'unmoved'?
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What is the meaning of the word 'tattered'?
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The organization was forced to ______ due to financial difficulties.
The organization was forced to ______ due to financial difficulties.
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The old, abandoned house looked ______ and lonely.
The old, abandoned house looked ______ and lonely.
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The smell of the old books was ______ and unpleasant.
The smell of the old books was ______ and unpleasant.
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The ______ figure of the hourglass represented the passage of time.
The ______ figure of the hourglass represented the passage of time.
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The tourists got ______ in the countryside and had to find their way back to the ______.
The tourists got ______ in the countryside and had to find their way back to the ______.
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The firework ______ brightly in the night sky.
The firework ______ brightly in the night sky.
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The hikers were ______ by the steep terrain and had to take a break.
The hikers were ______ by the steep terrain and had to take a break.
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The protesters were accused of ______ and inciting riots.
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Building
- Absconded: leaving secretly and quickly to avoid detection or arrest
- Agonized: experiencing intense physical or mental pain or suffering
- Beckoning: making a gesture to encourage someone to come nearer or follow
- Contrary: opposite in nature, direction, or meaning
Words Related to Movement
- Exert: applying or bringing to bear a force, influence, or quality
- Flutters: rapid, irregular movements or vibrations, typically made by something light and soft
- Gesture: a movement of part of the body to express an idea or meaning
- Sedated: administered a drug to calm or relieve anxiety or agitation
Descriptive Words
- Forlorn: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
- God-forsaken: desolate and abandoned by God or humans
- Musty: stale, damp, and typically unpleasant-smelling
- Tattered: torn, ragged, or worn to shreds
- Unmoved: not affected or touched emotionally by something
Miscellaneous
- Disbanded: to break up or dissolve an organization or group
- Glimpsed: caught a momentary or partial view of something
- Hourglass: a device used to measure time
- Ignite: to catch fire or cause to catch fire
- Inn: a small establishment providing lodging, food, and drink
- Morrow: the next day
- Recounted: to tell someone about something or give an account of an event or experience
- Retrospect: a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time
- Sedition: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority
- Steamed: cooked by means of steam
Vocabulary Building
- Absconded: leaving secretly and quickly to avoid detection or arrest
- Agonized: experiencing intense physical or mental pain or suffering
- Beckoning: making a gesture to encourage someone to come nearer or follow
- Contrary: opposite in nature, direction, or meaning
Words Related to Movement
- Exert: applying or bringing to bear a force, influence, or quality
- Flutters: rapid, irregular movements or vibrations, typically made by something light and soft
- Gesture: a movement of part of the body to express an idea or meaning
- Sedated: administered a drug to calm or relieve anxiety or agitation
Descriptive Words
- Forlorn: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
- God-forsaken: desolate and abandoned by God or humans
- Musty: stale, damp, and typically unpleasant-smelling
- Tattered: torn, ragged, or worn to shreds
- Unmoved: not affected or touched emotionally by something
Miscellaneous
- Disbanded: to break up or dissolve an organization or group
- Glimpsed: caught a momentary or partial view of something
- Hourglass: a device used to measure time
- Ignite: to catch fire or cause to catch fire
- Inn: a small establishment providing lodging, food, and drink
- Morrow: the next day
- Recounted: to tell someone about something or give an account of an event or experience
- Retrospect: a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time
- Sedition: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority
- Steamed: cooked by means of steam
Vocabulary Building
- Absconded: leaving secretly and quickly to avoid detection or arrest
- Agonized: experiencing intense physical or mental pain or suffering
- Beckoning: making a gesture to encourage someone to come nearer or follow
- Contrary: opposite in nature, direction, or meaning
Words Related to Movement
- Exert: applying or bringing to bear a force, influence, or quality
- Flutters: rapid, irregular movements or vibrations, typically made by something light and soft
- Gesture: a movement of part of the body to express an idea or meaning
- Sedated: administered a drug to calm or relieve anxiety or agitation
Descriptive Words
- Forlorn: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
- God-forsaken: desolate and abandoned by God or humans
- Musty: stale, damp, and typically unpleasant-smelling
- Tattered: torn, ragged, or worn to shreds
- Unmoved: not affected or touched emotionally by something
Miscellaneous
- Disbanded: to break up or dissolve an organization or group
- Glimpsed: caught a momentary or partial view of something
- Hourglass: a device used to measure time
- Ignite: to catch fire or cause to catch fire
- Inn: a small establishment providing lodging, food, and drink
- Morrow: the next day
- Recounted: to tell someone about something or give an account of an event or experience
- Retrospect: a survey or review of a past course of events or period of time
- Sedition: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority
- Steamed: cooked by means of steam
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