MINIMIZE, Compound or Complex? "This little trick will minimize the time you spend studying, and help you to remember what you read!
Minimize: To reduce, make smaller, Compound sentence
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MAIM: Compound, Complex or Compound Complex? During a strenuous climbing attempt of Mt. Everest, the young man was maimed in an accident and lost three fingers on his right hand.
MAIM: verb-to wound or injure,so that part of the body is permanently damaged. Compound-Complex sentence
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seesaw
Swap points!
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Take 5 points!
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Go to first place!
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Give points!
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VENERATE, Compound or Complex? To venerate Mr. Karlsson's 50 years of teaching, the county is naming the new high school after him.
Venerate: To regard with great respect, admiration, to revere, Complex sentence
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GLUT, Compound or Complex? By the time his invention was produced, the market had become flooded with a glut of competing products, some with superior features to his.
GLUT, noun, an excessive abundant supply of something., verb- to fill or supply to excess. complex sentence.
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OBLIQUE: He pretended he was in the music business, and made oblique references to various people to try to get into the sold-out concert.
OBLIQUE: adj., indirect, vague, not to the point, or slanting or sloping, diagonal lines. Compound sentence
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AVOWED: Compound, Complex or Compound Complex? Although I am an avowed vegetarian, I still can't help licking my lips and sniffing curiously when I smell somebody grilling steaks or burgers outside!
CONGESTED: Compound or Complex? Because the freeways were always so congested on Friday nights, he decided to wait until Saturday morning to drive up to his cabin.
CONGESTED: adj., crowded with traffic or people preventing freedom of movement, Complex sentence
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VEER: Compound or Complex? In order to avoid crashing into the moose, the driver veered off the road to the right, which fortunately was an open field.
VEER: verb-to change direction or course suddenly, Complex sentence
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DURABLE: Compound or Complex? Certain products are durable and last a long time, while other products are so cheaply made, that they break after one use.
DURABLE: adj., built to last, able to withstand wear or damage, Compound sentence
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ENTERPRISING, Compound, Complex or Compound Complex? He was an enterprising young man, and started 10 companies before he was finished with high school.
ENTERPRISING: adj., having or showing initiative and resourcefulness, Compound-Complex sentence
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BANTER: Compound, Complex, or Compound Complex? Already after just 15 minutes of meeting her, we had a good banter going and I knew we were going to be good friends.
BANTER:, noun, the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks, verb, to exchange remarks in a good-natured teasing way. Compound-Complex sentence