Encapsulate

Encapsulate

Part of Speech: Verb


Source sentence: (34) If someone had been able to encapsulate the kindness of these second graders in pill form, the pills would undoubtedly put war correspondents out of business.


Context clues: Pill form- It explains how it can be enclosed in a capsule.


Definition: To enclose in a capsule.


Original sentence: To catch a spider in my room, I had to use a cup to encapsulate it.

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Monstrosity


Part of speech: Noun


The source sentence: (45) Despite my father’s reassurance, there existed no bag in our house big enough to hold this monstrosity.


Context clues: We could not make it any less bulky. It defied flattening.


Definition: huge shocking and big.

Original sentence: I just bought this small car for my big family to travel cross country and it will not fit the monstrosity family.


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Atrocious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Very cruel, evil

Context Clue: Using my logic and surrounding examples in the sentences, the fact that people stare at his pink and maroon Nikes and the author compares them to a portable siren implies that the shoes are not so easy on the eyes.

Original Sentence: Her whole outfit was utterly atrocious, orange 3-inch platforms and green cargo pants will never be in style.

The items he has picked up on clearance tables range fron merely useless like his portable siren, to truly atrocious, like birds made of felt. (44)

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