Forty Five a Month

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Forty Five a Month

• By R.K. Narayan
• Vocabulary page 185

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Origin

• India

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• Forty Five a Month
• Vocabulary Words
• Study, study, study

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Laboriously

• Adverb
• With great effort
• Since I know writing and reading are important
  skills in life, I study laboriously for all
  assessments.

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Frock

• Noun
• A dress

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Concurred

• Verb
• Past tense
• Agreed
• While watching the presidential elections, I
  concurred with many issues and solutions proposed
  by the candidate which influenced by vote.

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Flaunted

• Verb
• The woman flaunted her expensive bracelet with
  excessive hand motions making the diamonds catch
  the light and glitter like twinkling stars her
  friends were envious.

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Wry

• Adjective
• Twisted to one side
• When the toddler tasted a lemon for the first
  time, his little nose wrinkled and his face went
  wry.

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Barbarian

• Noun
• A crude or uncivilized person.
• The king is considered a barbarian because his
  judicial system leaves it up to chance to decide
  the defendants fate.

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Rupees

• Noun
• When we travel to India, we have to exchange our
  dollars for rupees.

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Resolve

• Noun
• Firmness of purpose determination
• After conditioning for months, Tinas resolve
  paid off, and she made the softball team.

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Cynically

• Adverb
• With doubt
• With a sneer
• When the student replied, My dog ate my homework
  again, the teacher cynically replied, Sure,
  like I never heard that one before.

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Resignation

• Noun
• A written statement giving notice that one quits
  a job.
• Since I made the swim team, I had to give my boss
  my resignation.

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Scrutinized

• Verb
• Examined in detail with careful attention
• My English teacher scrutinized my essay, but I
  learned ways to improve my writing.

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Amenities

• Noun
• Comforts
• Convenience
• The hotel we stayed at when we went to Disney
  World had many awesome amenities such a pool,
  arcade, and free passes to Adventure Island.

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Vouchers

• Noun
• Receipts gave
• My dads work gave him a corporate van to drive,
  so he saves his gas vouchers to get reimbursed.

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Rectify

• Verb
• Correct
• Since I wasnt paying attention when I was
  labeling boxes for our big move, I had to rectify
  my error by opening up all of the boxes and
  relabeling them.

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Excruciating

• Adjective
• Very intense
• Concentrated
• My migraine caused me such excruciating pain that
  I had to go to the nurse.

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Increment

• Noun
• An increase in salary
• A raise
• Since my neighbor had her young niece staying
  with her last Saturday, I received a five dollar
  an hour increment when I babysat for them.

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