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Vocabulary Words for this Week: List Twenty One
1. abdicate (v.) – to give up or renounce a throne,
responsibility or power.
2. aberration (n.) – an act of departing from
the right, normal, or usual course.
3. arid (adj.) -- extremely dry, without moisture.
4. brusque (adj.) – abrupt in manner; blunt;
rough and to the point.
5. demagogue (n.) – a leader who gains power by
arousing emotions and passions of people.
6. evanescent (adj.) – vanishing; fading away.
7. fortuitous (adj.) – fortunate but happening
by chance; lucky.
8. haughty (adj.) – snobbish; arrogant
9. impute (v.) – to attribute or ascribe
(to assign credit to)
10.
jubilation (n.) – an expression of joy.
Now, on a separate sheet of lined paper, use all of the vocabulary words
to create a picture and caption. Do one for each vocabulary word.