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res • ig • na • tion n., submission; patient acceptance. Micah had to accept his grade with resignation since he could not change it.
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ear • nest adj., serious; sincere. If you are earnest about getting on the team, you must condition for it in every way possible.
sat • u • rat • ed adj., thoroughly soaked. When the sponge is saturated, it weighs twice as much as it does when it is dry.
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e • the • re • al adj., heavenly. Many listeners think a harp sounds ethereal and call it a heavenly instrument.
per • en • ni • al adj., throughout the year; perpetual. My father gave me a magazine subscription, saying his perennial present could be enjoyed all year.
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en • cum • brance n., hindrance. My dachshund is beginning to find her extra weight an encumbrance in moving quickly.
pos • ter • i • ty n., succeeding generations. Often an author honored during his or her lifetime is judged insignificant by posterity.
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as • pi • ra • tion n., strong ambition. Many musicians practice long hours if they have aspirations of becoming famous.
un • du • la • tion n., act of moving in waves. The athlete was overcome by undulations of pain sweeping over him.
ces • sa • tion n., stopping. Until the cessation of the drill, no one could hear anything.
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en • deav • or n., effort; attempt. Serious work has been done in the endeavor to promote world peace.
pal • try adj., insignificant. The help he offered was so paltry that I ended up doing most of the work myself.
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su • per • flu • ous adj., excessive. After she had thanked me a dozen times, her gratitude began to seem superfluous.
fluc • tu • ate vi., change or vary continuously. The unpredictable stock market fluctuates from minute to minute.
un • wield • y adj., hard to manage. That large box is light but too unwieldy to move up the stairs alone.
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lax • ly adv., loosely; not strictly. Jenna’s parents enforce her curfew so laxly that she sometimes stays out all night.
vol • a • tile adj., unstable; fleeting. “Stand back,” said the science teacher, “because this chemical mixture is quite volatile.”