Unit 3: Week 1

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  1. applaud
    clap one's hands or shout to indicate approval
    Pérez Twins! Yea-a-a! (Carlos and Lily both cheer, applaud, and bow. She turns to Larry and Effie.)
  2. browse
    look around casually and randomly
    Well, Carlos was browsing the internet—
  3. fabulous
    extremely pleasing
    The fabulous Pérez Twins! Take a bow, Carlos.
  4. inspect
    look over carefully
    Joyce (inspecting the draped thing): Is this it?
  5. project
    a planned undertaking
    Enough, already! What is this project?
  6. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
    And just what is it the fabulous Pérez Twins have achieved to warrant a spontaneous round of applause?
  7. contraption
    a small mechanical device or tool
    Joyce has tugged at a corner of the sheet, which falls away, revealing a contraption with dials, levers, pulleys, etc.
  8. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
    We have to make sure it's perpetual. That it keeps going.
  9. summarize
    briefly present the main points of something
    Active readers summarize to check their understanding of a selection.
  10. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
    Persuasive text tries to convince the reader to do or think something.
Created on Thu Jul 16 13:13:23 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Jul 17 09:58:52 EDT 2020)

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