Vocabulary List

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Vocabulary List 1

• apparent adj.
• visible.
• Example It was apparent that Sammy was going
  surfing.
• sullen adj.
• grumpy resentful.
• Example Sammys girlfriend Lu Lu was sullen
  because he wasnt
• spending enough time with her.
• impulse n.
• urge.
• Example Sammy did not feel an impulse to hang
  out with Lu Lu.
• 4. retrieved v.
• got and brought back.
• Example Lu Lu retrieved Sammys surfboard
  from her car and
• threw it at him.

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• emerged v.
• came out.
• Example Sammy emerged from Lu Lus house and
  headed
• for the beach.
• 6. misled v.
• fooled led to believe something wrong.
• Example Lu Lu felt she had been misled
  regarding the strength
• of Sammys feelings for her.
• 7. tangible adj.
• capable of being seen and felt.
• Example Sammys surfboard was a tangible
  object that he felt
• great love for.
• refute v.
• prove wrong using evidence.
• Example No one could refute the love
  Sammy felt for surfing.

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• 9. invariably adv.
• always.
• Example Girls invariably flirt with Sammy when
  he
• goes to the beach to surf.
• 10. regression n.
• return to an earlier or less advanced condition.
• Example Sometimes Sammy experiences a
  regression back to the time before he met Lu Lu
  and flirts back with the girls.
• 11. verified v.
• confirmed.
• Example Lu Lu decided it was time that she
  verified Sammys
• feelings for her.
• obscure v.
• hide.
• Example Her plan was to follow Sammy to the
  beach and obscure
• herself behind a tree.

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13. deterioration n. condition of
worsening or decline. Example What Lu Lu saw
when she looked through her binoculars was the
deterioration of her relationship with
Sammy. 14. hypothesis n. theory to be
proved. Example Her hypothesis that he no
longer loved her was proved correct when she saw
him with a girl in a red bikini. 15.
introspective adj. looking inward. Example
Lu Lu cried all of the way home and then
recorded her thoughts in an introspective entry
into her journal.