Vocabulary Week 7

Introducing…Our Week 7 Words!

elucidate

plethora

enhance

vigilant

justify

fabricate

avid

formulate

imminent

delineate

elucidate

Part of Speech: verb

Parallel Terms: explain, clarify

Sample Sentence: Before selecting her final persuasive writing

topic, Dana had to clearly elucidate her argument and research plan.

plethora

Part of Speech: noun

Parallel Terms: overabundance, excess

Sample Sentence:

enhance

Part of Speech: verb

Parallel Terms: increase, magnify

Sample Sentence: Many writers use “show, not tell” to help enhance the story images that readers envision.

vigilant

Part of Speech: adjective

Parallel Terms: alert, cautious

Sample Sentence:

justify

Part of Speech: verb

Parallel Terms: defend, validate

Sample Sentence: Galileo, an eccentric thinker for his time, was

often made to justify his beliefs about the world.

fabricate

Part of Speech: verb

Parallel Terms: create, make up

Sample Sentence:

avid

Part of Speech: adjective

Parallel Terms: eager, devoted

Sample Sentence: With the approach of

the new Hunger Games film, many avid fans have already purchased their midnight tickets.

formulate

Part of Speech: verb

Parallel Terms: devise, prepare

Sample Sentence:

imminent

Part of Speech: adjective

Parallel Terms: approaching, coming up

Sample Sentence: The imminent arrival of spring break has

created a new, excited energy in the sixth grade wing.

delineate

Part of Speech: verb

Parallel Terms: define, outline

Sample Sentence:

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By reading the introduction of an effective persuasive essay, the reader should be able to easily _________ the writer’s argument.

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The staff of TCNJ library have assembled a ________ of literary resources for students to use in their studies.

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Noticing the discrepancies in George’s fishing story, Tom believed George was ___________ the truth about the size of the fish he caught.

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Mrs. Magrini asked her sixth grade scientists to ___________ a hypothesis for their environmental change experiment.

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Batman and the Gotham City police force remained _________ in their efforts to arrest the Joker.