ACTIVITY: Vocabulary

Hitler abdicated when he killed himself.

I abdicated my spot as manager of Taco Bell.

I abdicated my role as manager to give someone else a chance to take over.

I abdicate my room to my little sister.

I abetted my cousin when she took the car without permission.

My friend abetted me cheating on a test but I said “No.”

Last year I abetted my sister by lying to my mom when she was drunk.

I don’t like people who abet others.

I abetted my friend before he was about to rob the bank.

I abetted my brother to do the wrong thing.

I’m not an agnostic because I don’t question God; I believe in him 100%.

Agnostics probably contemplate a lot.

I know somebody who was an agnostic, but now they believe in God.

I think that my greatest acumen is in studying for my tests.

I had acumen to do well in wrestling, but I missed tryouts.

My soccer acumen makes everyone else look like fools on the field.

I had an absymal day after I got in trouble.

My behavior at school is absymal. I’m always in ISS.

Because I have absymal handwriting, my teachers can barely read it.

My short term memory is absymal. I can’t remember what happened yesterday.

My little cousin did the most absymal thing when he threw a block at the computer.

I think that the school lunch was absymal so threw it away.

Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
He is an assiduous worker who strove for perfection

The large dog deterred trespassers.

Timber is treated with creosote to deter rot.

My lawyer works two nights a week as an adjunct, teaching business law at the college.

I am an adjunct surgeon on the hospital staff.

You need to sign all of the documents, including the addendums.

The idea was unclear in the book, so she added an addendum to help readers.