Category: Advanced Vocabulary (Page 2 of 8)

Write a sentence using the word vendetta in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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vendetta /vɛnˈdɛt ə/

1. a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer’s relatives, especially such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy.
2. any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention,or the like: a political vendetta.

Origin of vendetta

Italian / Latin 1300-1350

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Write a sentence using the word vanquish in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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vanquish /ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn-/

verb (used with object)

1. to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
2. to defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over: to vanquish one’s opponent in an argument.
3. to overcome or overpower: He vanquished all his fears.

Origin of vanquish

Middle English / Old French / Latin 1300-1350

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Write a sentence using the word quell in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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quell /kwɛl/

verb (used with object)

1. to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: 
   The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
2. to vanquish; subdue. 
3. to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.): 
   The child’s mother quelled his fears of the thunder.

Origin of quell

Middle English / Old English 900

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Write a sentence using the word abhor in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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abhor /æbˈhɔr/

1. to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion;detest utterly; loathe; abominate.

Origin of abhor

Late Middle English / Latin 1400-1450

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tangible /ˈtæn dʒə bəl/

Origin of tangible

Late Latin 1580-1450

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Write a sentence using the word plumage in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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plumage /ˈplu mɪdʒ/

noun

1. the entire feathery covering of a bird.
2. feathers collectively.

Origin of plumage

Late Middle English 1375-1425

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Write a sentence using the word headstrong in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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headstrong /ˈhɛdˌstrɔŋ, -ˌstrɒŋ/

1. determined to have one’s own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man. 
2. proceeding from or exhibiting willfulness: a headstrong course.

Origin of headstrong

Middle English 1350-1400

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Write a sentence using the word affinity in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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affinity /əˈfɪn ɪ ti/

noun

1. a natural liking for or attraction to a person, thing, idea, etc. 
2. a person, thing, idea, etc., for which such a natural liking or attraction is felt.
3. relationship by marriage or by ties other than those of blood (distinguished from consanguinity). 
4. inherent likeness or agreement; code resemblance or connection.
5. Biology. the phylogenetic relationship between two organisms or groups of organisms resulting in a resemblance in general plan or structural parts.
6. Chemistry. the force by which atoms are held together in chemical compounds. 

1. of or relation to persons who share the same interests: to arrange charter flights for opera lovers and other affinity groups. 

Origin of affinity

Middle English 1275-1325

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Write a sentence using the word upend in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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upend /ʌpˈɛnd/

verb (used with object)

1. to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
2. to affect drastically or radically, as tastes, opinions, reputations, or systems.
3. to defeat in competition, as in boxing or business.  

verb (used without object)

1. to be come upended.
2. to place the body back-end up, as a dabbling duck. 

Origin of upend

1815-1825

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Write a sentence using the word elated in the comments. Practicing new words in sentences will help you remember them, and it allows me to see if your usage and understanding of the word is correct. If you are not sure, guess! Guessing about how to use new vocabulary also helps make it stick. I will provide correction and feedback for your sentence.

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elated /ɪˈleɪ tɪd/

adjective

1. very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits: an elated winner of a contest. 

Origin of elated

Middle English 1350-1400

Source: Dictionary.com