Year 10 English Lit
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arouse |
Any time you put someone else in charge, it was bound to arouse suspicion.
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avert |
They tried to avert the disaster.
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bemused |
He felt bemused.
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derision |
My stories were greeted with derision and disbelief.
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hitch |
Connect the trailer to the hitch.
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hunched |
Jess hunched his shoulders and slunk into the pew.
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indignation |
The actions filled him with indignation.
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lynch |
The angry mob wished to lynch the criminal.
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maul |
If you go in a tiger's cage it is likely to maul you.
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meager
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They exist on a meager diet of rice.
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misery |
His death caused the family great misery.
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nuisance |
Their new television was a nuisance.
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overwhelm |
She turned down the music, as she did not want to overwhelm the party of children.
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poised |
Poised in the middle of turning a page, she froze.
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rapt |
The audience was rapt.
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receptive |
Slim wanted to listen, he just sat back and was receptive.
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reprehensible |
His complacency and reprehensible laxity resulted in a poor grade.
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rheumatism |
My gran has rheumatism in her fingers.
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subdued |
He was subdued.
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sullen |
After being told off by his father, Andrew's face was sullen.
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