Unit 5: Academic Vocabulary

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words only definitions & notes
  1. atmosphere
    a particular environment or surrounding influence
  2. compose
    form the substance of
  3. depart
    go away or leave
  4. dull
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  5. host
    a person who invites guests to a social event
  6. passage
    the act of moving from one state or place to the next
  7. relief
    the feeling that comes when something unpleasant is removed
  8. serious
    causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
  9. substantial
    fairly large
  10. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Created on Wed Dec 23 11:35:30 EST 2020 (updated Wed Dec 23 12:18:38 EST 2020)

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