504 essential words

1. abandon-desert; leave without planning to come back; quit

2. keen-sharp; eager; intense; sensitive

3. jealous-afraid that the one you love might prefer someone else

4. tact-ability to say the right thing

5. oath-a promise that something is true; a curse

6. vacant-empty; not filled

7. hardship-something that is hard to bear; difficulty

8. gallent-brave; showing respect for women

9. data-facts; information

10. unaccustomed-not used to something

11. bachelor-a man who has not married

12. qualify-become fit; show that you are able

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1. As I looked at all the data the salesman showed me, I knew that I was getting more and more

mixed up.

2. I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.

3. When the guard saw that the cot was vacant, he realized that the prisoner had left the jail.

4. Although he took an oath on the Bible, Sal lied to the jury.

5. My aunt was so jealous of our new couch that she bought one just like it.

6. I enjoyed reading the story of the gallant man who put his cloak over a mud puddle so that the

queen would not dirty her feet.

7. The loss of Claudia's eyesight was a hardship which she learned to live with.

8. The driver was forced to abandon his car when two of the tires became flat.

9. Betty could not qualify for the Miss Teenage America Contest because she was twenty years old.

10. The blade was so keen that I cut myself in four places while shaving.

11. Unaccustomed to being kept waiting, the angry woman marched out of the store.

12. Because he was a bachelor, the movie actor was invited to many parties.