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Posts Tagged ‘verb’

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What is castigate?

Aug, Fri 10th, 2012 Posted in : Advanced, Blog, Student Posts, Videos, Vocabulary 0 Comments Tags: advanced vocabulary, castigate, punish, verb
What is castigate?

No one likes to face negative consequences for their actions, and the worst of all consequences is to be punished. A severe version of punishment is the verb castigate. You might say that a terrorist is castigated for his crimes. Have you ever been castigated or severely punished? Was that video helpful? If so (or if not), [...]

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What does allure mean?

Jun, Mon 25th, 2012 Posted in : Advanced, Blog, Student Posts, Videos, Vocabulary 0 Comments Tags: advanced vocab, advanced vocabulary, allure, attract, desirable, verb
What does allure mean?

The verb allure means to attract, fascinate or charm with something desirable. Stores will often allure customers in with special offers, discounts and sales or by putting pretty outfits or unique merchandise in the front store window. What other things can be alluring? Have you ever felt allured? Was that video helpful? If so (or [...]

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What does it mean to alienate?

Jun, Fri 22nd, 2012 Posted in : Advanced, Blog, Student Posts, Videos, Vocabulary 0 Comments Tags: advanced vocab, advanced vocabulary, alienate, estrange, move away, verb
What does it mean to alienate?

To alienate means to estrange, move away from or become hostile towards. If one persons was forced to leave a group or a club, that person has been alienated. Most of the time it isn’t fun to be alienated, but some people choose to alienate themselves by moving out to the middle of the forest [...]

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