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VOCAB. ENRICHER

Hey guys today I did the vocab enricher and I found five new words and these are:

The first one that I found was “infected” on page underdone and it means to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent (as bacteria)

The second word that I didn’t was Altar also that on page underdone and means an elevated place or structure normally in stone, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.

The third word was coaxed on page 102 and it means actually three things:

1. To obtain by coaxing: We coaxed the secret from him.

2. To manipulate to a desired end by adroit handling or persistent effort: He coaxed the large chair through the door.

3. to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.

Another word that I couldn’t understand is “surrounding” on page eighty-nine and it means environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment: He was too sick to be aware of his surroundings.

The last word that I didn’t understand was convulsion and I found it on page hundred and it means contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions of the extremities, trunk, and head.