Week 2 Vocabulary

A. Bridgers (United States of America)
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  1. beckon
    signal with the hands or nod
    Liam held up a finger in my direction, beckoning me over to him. The Darkest Minds
  2. challenge
    a demanding or stimulating situation
    Getting nearly 200 different countries to actually agree on anything is, politely, a tricky challenge. BBC (Oct 29, 2021)
  3. decrease
    make smaller
    It was nearly dusk: the activities of the city were beginning to die down, the noise was decreasing. Nectar in a Sieve
  4. essential
    of the greatest importance
    It was essential she didn’t miss—there’d be no time for a second attempt. The Mysterious Benedict Society
  5. modest
    humble in spirit or manner
    “Oh Sam’s smarter than I am, sir,” I said, just to be modest. My Brother Sam is Dead
Created on Mon Jul 22 11:02:03 EDT 2024 (updated Mon Jul 22 11:29:20 EDT 2024)

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