Friday, January 15, 2010

A Long Way Gone Ch. 19 Vocabulary Words

Chapter 19 Vocabulary Words
  • inhabitants- n. a person or animal that inhabits a place, esp. as a permanent resident
  • Sentence- The monkey's inhabitants is the jungle.
  • apprentices- n. a person who works for another in order to learn a trade
  • Sentence- Two businessman were apprentices to one successful businessman.
  • congested- v. to cause an unnatural accumulation of blood or other fluid in (a body part or blood vessel)
  • Sentence- The woman's airways were congested with mucus.
  • shuffled- v. to intermix so as to change the relative positions of cards in a pack
  • Sentence- After every game I was always the one who shuffled the cards.
  • marvelous- adj. superb; excellent; great
  • Sentence- I would always get a marvelous grade in my English class.
  • possessed- adj. spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power
  • Sentence- A girl was possessed by an evil spirit.
  • intricate- adj. having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved
  • Sentence- This picture had an intricate images.
  • uncertainty- n. the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy
  • Sentence- The man was uncertainty of what to do to his worthless employees.
  • transparent- adj. easily seen through, recognized, or detected
  • Sentence- My laptop's wallpaper is transparent to my wall.

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