Vocabulary #5

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Legacy

The judge, retiring today leaves behind a legacy of dishonesty and corruption

Back

A body of ideas, achievements, and morals; an example

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Delegate

Our parents delegated the easiest tasks, like collecting firewood, to the younger children

Back

To divide up, especially responsibilities

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Agenda

Although some critics think the author had a political agenda in her last novel, she insists that there was no secret purpose

Back

A plan of action; a purpose

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Proactive

Gwen, who was proactive about getting a job, was hired right after she graduated from college

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Seeking to solve a problem before it occurs

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Exacting

The exacting conductor sometimes kept the orchestra for hours to practice a single passage

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Demanding perfection; strict

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Repulsion

After months of eating primarily peanut butter, Izzie began to feel repulsion for it

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A desire to avoid; disgust

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Dispel

Policemen were sent in to dispel the crowd of onlookers that had gathered near the accident

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To scatter about; to break up

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Propel

A strong wind propelled the toy boat across the surface of the lake

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To cause to move toward; to push

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Relative

The number of people at the beach on any day is relative to the weather and the season

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Dependent upon

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Superlative

For superlative performance at work, Holly was awarded a big promotion

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Excellent; above all other