Vocabulary In Context

Vocabulary in Context

"When my family fell apart, it was such a troubled part of my life... I think I could understand what I was going through, but I didn't have the vocabulary for it."

Walter Dean Myers

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Flash Cards

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Law

Indictment

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“A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime.”

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Abdicate

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“Fail to fulfill or undertake.”

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Plaintiff

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“A person who brings a case against another in a court of law.”

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Physics

Declivity

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“A downward slope.”

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Medical

Gash

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“A long deep slash, cut, or wound.”

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Agriculture

Sorghum

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“A widely cultivated cereal native to warm regions of the Old World. It is a major source of grain and of feed for livestock.”

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Reading Comprehension Exercise

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Speaking Practice
    1. Choose a topic (Law, Agriculture, Medical or Physics)
    2. Record yourself saying a sentence or paragraph that contains the words you just learned
    3. Listen to the recording and pay attention to whether or not you used the words that were on the list
    4. If you did, make sure you understand the meaning of the word,
    and why and how you put the word into the sentence you used
    5. If you didn’t, go back to the flash cards and go through the words and the meanings again,
    also read over the reading practices and try to better understand the words and how they are put into sentences