Lit Skills Vocab March Week 1

(v.) to make shorter

Sentence: The bridge had to be abridged to make a shorter route.

• condone

• abridge

• eminent

• gluttony

(n.) a follower, supporter;

(adj.) attached, sticking to

Sentence: Mr. Walker had many adherent students that helped him

• pauper

• fabricate

• adherent

• Irate

(v.) to pardon or overlook

Sentence: Henry VIII condoned one of his wives, but then executed her

• condone

• rift

• usurp

• Irate

(adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished

Sentence: Taylor Swift was part of an eminent group of people

• exorcise

• fabricate

• eminent

• Irate

(v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome

Sentence: The exorcist had to exorcise the demons inside Mr. Walker

• gluttony

• rift

• exorcise

• pauper

(n.) engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence

Sentence: During the Victorian era, gluttony was major cause of death for aristocrats.

• usurp

• gluttony

• Irate

• fabricate

(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

Sentence: Marie Curie fabricated a new machine to test radium

• adherent

• eminent

• abridge

• fabricate

(adj.) angry

Sentence: The teachers were irate with the students, who were part of the math club

• fabricate

• condone

• Irate

• exorcise

(n.) an extremely poor person

Sentence: The Black Death caused many people to become paupers

• pauper

• eminent

• gluttony

• abridge

(n.) a split or breach

Sentence: The friendship ended because of a rift that had happened moments ago

• adherent

• fabricate

• eminent

• rift