Unit 4: Week 2: Discoveries

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  1. astound
    affect with wonder
    Mr. Rollins was astounded that my exhibit was so good.
  2. conceal
    prevent from being seen or discovered
    (SAM pulls out a poster she had concealed on her desk.)
  3. inquisitive
    showing curiosity
    Yeah, inquisitive minds want to know.
  4. interpret
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
    How should I interpret this silence?
  5. perplexed
    full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment
    I’m still perplexed as to why you think he’s down there.
  6. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
    That’s origami, to be precise.
  7. reconsider
    think about again, usually with a view to changing the mind
    Maybe you should reconsider this and try searching your apartment again.
  8. suspicious
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
    You’re making me feel suspicious.
  9. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
    Adages and proverbs are traditional sayings that are often repeated.
  10. proverb
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
    Adages and proverbs are traditional sayings that are often repeated.
Created on Wed Jul 08 10:56:52 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Jul 09 14:31:13 EDT 2020)

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