Vocabulary - 8th Grade Reading

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To move or send out troops for military action

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To move or send out troops in military action is to deploy.

To use deploy in a sentence, "Matt, a US Marine, will deploy for fifteen months to Iraq."

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When something is in clear sight, or done openly

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When something is in clear sight or done openly, it is overt.

To use overt in a sentence, "The man was very overt with his feelings, everyone knew he was upset."

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To slowly establish an attitude or idea into someone

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To slowly establish an attitude or idea into someone means to instill.

To use instill an a sentence, "The mother worked tirelessly throughout her children's childhood to instill good manners in them."

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