Voracious Vocabulary Lesson 11

Abbreviate means

• shorten

• suitable for purpose

• leave out

• not based on reason; unrealistic; imaginary

Appropriate means

• shorten

• suitable for purpose

• leave out

• not based on reason; unrealistic; imaginary

Exclude means

• shorten

• suitable for purpose

• leave out

• not based on reason; unrealistic; imaginary

Fanciful means

• shorten

• suitable for purpose

• leave out

• not based on reason; unrealistic; imaginary

Futile means

• hopeless; certain to fail

• resentment; unwilling to give

• fill with emotion; affect the mind

• more than half

Grudge means

• hopeless; certain to fail

• resentment; unwilling to give

• fill with emotion; affect the mind

• more than half

Inspire means

• hopeless; certain to fail

• resentment; unwilling to give

• fill with emotion; affect the mind

• more than half

Majority means

• hopeless; certain to fail

• resentment; unwilling to give

• fill with emotion; affect the mind

• more than half

Persevere means

• persist; refuse to give up; continued efforts

• to own; to have control over

• opinion, strong feeling without regard to facts

• steadfast, unyielding

Possess means

• persist; refuse to give up; continued efforts

• to own; to have control over

• opinion, strong feeling without regard to facts

• steadfast, unyielding