Unit 1: Selection Vocabulary 2

This list covers Woodsong and Nimona.
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  1. gull
    fool or hoax
    Gulled by Disney and others, I believed Bambi always got out of the fire.
  2. tandem
    one behind the other
    The dogs were working evenly, the gangline up through the middle of them thrumming with the rhythm it has when they are working in perfect tandem.
  3. precise
    sharply exact or accurate or delimited
    I was in and of beauty and at that precise moment a doe, a white-tailed deer, exploded out of some willows on the left side of the team, heading down the bank toward the lake.
  4. intent
    giving or marked by complete attention to
    They were so intent on her, and the smell of her, that I might as well not have existed.
  5. sustain
    undergo, as of injuries and illnesses
    He sustained one small bite on his tail and inflicted terrible damage with his teeth on the wolves, killing one and wounding the other three.
  6. inflict
    impose something unpleasant
    He sustained one small bite on his tail and inflicted terrible damage with his teeth on the wolves, killing one and wounding the other three.
  7. modified
    changed in form or character
    We'll attack the city using my genetically modified dragons.
  8. emphasis
    intensity or forcefulness of expression
    Then we'll fly off with the king, detonating the tower behind us for emphasis.
  9. institution
    an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
    We were the two most promising heroes the Institution had ever seen.
  10. pit
    set into opposition or rivalry
    We'd never been pitted against each other before.
  11. clean
    completely; used as intensifiers
    I knocked him clean off his horse.
  12. viable
    capable of being done with means at hand
    Turns out that the Institution had no use for a one-armed hero. I took the only other viable option.
  13. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
    You got the boot for his bad attitude?
Created on Tue Nov 10 11:05:27 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 02 10:45:21 EST 2020)

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