Useful Words for College Essays Vocabulary - Week 3.01

Bandy

• To exchange words or ideas in a casual or informal manner; to toss back and forth.
• To walk in a loose, swaying manner, as if unsteady on one's feet.
• To bind or secure with a flexible strip or band.
• To perform a dance move involving bending the knees while swinging the arms under the legs.

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Acquiesce

• To agree or express agreement passively and without protest.
• To question or doubt something in a subtle or indirect way.
• To acquire or gain something through subtle means.
• To sneeze quietly in a manner that suggests agreement with the present company.

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Inveigh

• To speak or write about something with great hostility.
• To invest in a way that is highly speculative and risky.
• To weigh something carefully, considering all factors.
• To sing in a melodious manner during a heavy snowfall.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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Espouse

• To adopt or support a cause, belief, or way of life openly and enthusiastically.
• To marry or enter into a marital bond.
• To expound upon a topic in great detail.
• To outfit with special clothing for a specific purpose, like sports or safety.

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Extemporize

• To compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise.
• To temporize; to delay making a decision in order to gain time.
• To extract something by pressing or distilling.
• To jump out of an airplane using an experimental parachute.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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Explicate

• To analyze and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.
• To explore an area thoroughly.
• To replicate a scientific experiment.
• To participate in a particularly complicated form of dance.

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Apprise

• To inform or tell (someone).
• To appraise or assess the value of something.
• To arrest someone as a form of legal preventative measure.
• To jump surprisingly from a hidden position.

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Clamor

• A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently.
• A call to be clad in armor, typically in historical or ceremonial contexts.
• To claim or demand an amount of money.
• A group of clams moving in unison during a high tide.

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Demurrer

• A plea in which a defendant in a legal case shows why a complaint should not proceed.
• To demur or show reluctance.
• To demystify or clarify something complex.
• A device used to measure the moral standards of individuals in a courtroom.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

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Enjoin

• To instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
• To join together two pieces or elements.
• To enjoy something with little restraint.
• To conjure a magical spell in an old English ceremony.

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