VOCABULARY

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Definition:• pay

Sentence:• Maddie was compensated

for babysitting her nieces.

Examples:• compensate for helping• compensate for a price

rise

1. com

pensa

te

Definition:• reduce, lessen

Sentence:• The U.S. plans to curtail

the number of troops being deployed.

Examples:• curtail supplies• curtail homework

2. curt

ail

Definition:• choices

Sentence:• Jane was given a few

options when she went to purchase a new cell phone.

Examples:• leave your options open• several options to work

3. optio

ns

Definition:• guess

Sentence:• There is so little to go on,

we can only surmise what happened.

Examples:• surmise the answer• surmise where someone

went

4. surm

ise

Definition:• payment

Sentence:• They should cut their

expenditure on defense.

Examples:• foolish expenditure• reduce public

expenditure

5. exp

enditu

re

Definition:• accelerate, speed up

Sentence:• We tried to help you

expedite your plans.

Examples:• expedite an answer• expedite a shipment

6. exp

edite

Definition:• most important

Sentence:• He was one of the world’s

foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture.

Examples:• foremost problem• foremost thing

7. for

emos

t

Definition:• become worse, worn down

Sentence:• Grant’s health steadily

deteriorated.

Examples:• deteriorated barn• weather conditions

deteriorated

8. det

erio

rate

d

Definition:• not present, not existent

Sentence:• Hygiene was nonexistent:

no running water, no bathroom.

Examples:• nonexistent ghost• nonexistent homework

9. non

exis

tent

Definition:• argued

Sentence:• The two sides wrangled

over the procedure problems.

Examples:• wrangled a problem• wrangled about plans

10. wra

ngled

Definition:• give up, yield

Sentence:• The child did not want to

relinquish the TV remote to his father.

Examples:• relinquish your pride• relinquish power

11. rel

inquis

h

Definition:• emotional

Sentence:• I’m a passionate

believer of public art.

Examples:• passionate dislike• passionate commitment

12. pas

sion

ate

Definition:• dangerous

Sentence:• The current of the river

is fast flowing and treacherous.

Examples:• treacherous journey• treacherous drive

13. tre

acher

ous

Definition:• not interesting

Sentence:• Kaylee found the fresh

pineapple unappealing.

Examples:• unappealing person• unappealing decor

14. unap

pealin

g

Definition:• depart, set out

Sentence:• Bob will embark on a

new journey tomorrow.

Examples:• embark on a trip• embark on a new job

15. em

bark

Definition:• think up

Sentence:• He conceived of the first

truly portable computer in 1968.

Examples:• conceive a plan• conceive a solution

16. con

ceiv

e

Definition:• terrible, awful

Sentence:• We were stuck in a

horrendous traffic jam while driving through Los Angeles.

Examples:• horrendous monsters• horrendous storm

17. hor

rendou

s

Definition:• remove

Sentence:• The dentist will extract a

tooth today.

Examples:• extract honey• extract a dress from the

rack

18. ext

ract

Definition:• shortage

Sentence:• They did blood tests on

him for signs of vitamin deficiency.

Examples:• deficient of money• deficient of food

19. defi

cien

cy

Definition:• try out

Sentence:• The dancers will audition

for the Nutcracker tomorrow.

Examples:• audition the part of a

movie• audition for a music chair

20. auditi

on