Commonlit Vocab Unit #2

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Beseech

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To ask someone urgently and fervently to do something; to beg.

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Commend

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To praise formally or officially.

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Falter

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To lose strength or momentum; to stumble or hesitate.

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Deterred

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Discouraged or prevented from acting, typically by instilling fear or doubt.

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Inflicted

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Caused something unpleasant or painful to be suffered by someone or something.

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Oppressed

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Subjected to harsh and authoritarian treatment.

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Embark

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To begin a journey or venture, often involving travel.

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Illusion

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A false idea or belief; something that deceives by producing a false impression.

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Dispel

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To make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear.

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Faltered

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Past tense of falter; hesitated or lost strength.