Word Wizard


Murmuring

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Sentence the word appears in: I swim out to them on the murmuring sea.
Part of Speech:  Adjective
My Meaning:  Loud and complaining
Dictionary Meaning:  Complaining or grumbling
Meaning added to the story by the Use of this Word:  It is descriptive of the sea and gives you a better feel for the setting.

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Flukes

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Sentence the word appears in:  Flukes slapping.
Part of Speech:  Noun
My Meaning:  Barnacle
Dictionary Meaning:  Flatfish, bottom dwelling bony fish
Meaning added to the story by the Use of this Word:  This word gives us a visualization of the setting.

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Invaluable

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Sentence the word appears in:  Feral children are an invaluable resource for studying the role language and socialization play in the
    making of a human being.
Part of Speech:  Adjective
My Meaning:  Priceless
Dictionary Meaning:  Priceless
Meaning added to the story by the Use of this Word:  This sentence is essential as to why the doctors and men capture Mila in the
    first place.  The adjective invaluable shows her importance.

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Distraught

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Sentence the word appears in:  On the short flight back from Anguila Cays to the mainland, the distraught girl kept thumping her cheek
    against the window of the Jay Hawk and squealing.
Part of Speech:  Adjective
My Meaning:  Upset
Dictionary Meaning:  Agitated
Meaning added to the story by the Use of this Word:  It shows how Mila was feeling so you can better understand her.

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Extended

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Sentence the word appears in:  Slowly she extended her palms to me, cupped, sealed tight.
Part of Speech:  Verb
My Meaning:  To reach out
Dictionary Meaning:  To stretch forth
Meaning added to the story by the Use of this Word:  This word helps express Mila's primitive ways.

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