20 Vocabulary Words1.
Leverage: Power, Influence.a.
Sentence: Seems like it would be harder to dig with. No leverage.b.
From : Small Steps , Page 72.
Confined: Keep within limits.a.
Sentence: El Genius had actually written the letters to scare her into staying confined to herhotel room.b.
From: Small Steps, Page 133.
Lacerations: A cut.a.
Sentence: Fang marks from Kobras, you might say. And they were all highly visible in theshower room: lumps, lacerations, blue bruises, you name it.b.
From: Priscilla and the wimps, Page 14.
Serpent: A large snake.a.
Sentence: The school was old Monks Garden of Eden. Unfortunately for him, there was aserpent in it.b.
From: Priscilla and the wimps, Page 15.
Ban: To stop.a.
Sentence: The principal was frustrated that a cell phone ban in his school wasnt working.b.
From: Cell phone jamming principal forced to retreat at B.C high school article.6.
Irate: angry.a.
Sentence: Many students, however were irate, and the claimed that their rights had beentaken away.b.
From: Cell phone jamming principal forced to retreat at B.C high school article.7.
Ineffective: Not working.a.
Now hes back to the frustration of an ineffective cell phone ban.b.
From: Cell phone jamming principal forced to retreat at B.C high school article.8.
Confiscate: Take or seize by authority.a.
Sentence: The teacher is allowed to confiscate the cell phone.b.
From: Cell phone jamming principal forced to retreat at B.C high school article.9.
Glockenspiel: musical instrument of tuned steel bars.a.
Sentence: Nobody asked why it was called a glockenspiel.b.
From: Wayside school is falling down, Page 4810.
Disposable: Availablea.
Sentence: He could smell the child: a milky smell, like chocolate chip cookies, and the sourtang of wet, disposable, nighttime diaper.b.
From: The graveyard book, Page 911.
Casement: window opening on vertical hinges.a.
Sentence: The real moon shone through the casement window.b.
From: The graveyard book, Page 912.
Torso: trunk of the human body.a.
Sentence: He could make out shape of the child in the crib, head and limbs and torso.
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