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[ r hone [houn] v.
To hone something is to improve it and make it very good.
—►Lisa honed her chess skills by hours and hours o f practice.
r mash [mas/] V.
To mash something is to crush it so that it is soft.
—* We mashed the hard potatoes and served them for dinner.
1 c Ornate [omeit] adj.
If something is ornate, it is decorated with a lot of fancy things.
-* Kim’s prom dress was very expensive since it was so ornate.
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r pneumonia [n/umounja] n.
Pneumonia is a dangerous illness causing the lungs to fill with liquid.
-» Elaine got pneumonia after playing outside in the rain without a coat.
1 r psychic [saikik] adj.
When someone is psychic, they know what will happen or what people think.
- » / think my grandmother has psychic abilities because she can predict anything.
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r psychotic [saikdtik] adj.
If someone is psychotic, they have a very serious mental illness.
—►The psychotic patient believed he saw things that weren’t real.
SCOpe [skoup] n.
The scope of something is how many people or things it relates to.
-» Modern history has a wide scope.
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r sinister [sinister] adj.
If something or someone is sinister, they are evil.
—►Bad guys in most movies have sinister laughs.
'M L 1 r Strife [strait] n.
Strife is disagreement or fighting between people or groups.
—►There was a lot of strife between Jim and Lisa about what TV show to watch.
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C therapeutic [eerapju:tik] adj.
If something is therapeutic, it helps to cure a disease or makes you healthier.
—►After a stressful day o f working, Phoebe would take a therapeutic bath.
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