6001 - 7000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 51 |
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Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
jurisdiction | noun | That island was not under their jurisdiction. | authority or control |
keel | noun | The keel needed to be scraped and cleaned. | structural member of the ship |
verb | The old lady keeled over when struck. | collapsed | |
kennel | noun | We bought a kennel for our dog. | shelter for dog |
kernel | noun | The kernels of corn had excellent quality to them | a grain or seed |
kindred | noun | All of those people are my kindred. | related persons |
knell | verb | The bells kneeled for the fallen leader. | to ring slowly and solemnly |
noun | It became the death knell. | signal of disaster | |
laden | verb | They ladened him with many problems. | weighted with heavy load |
adj. | She was laden with grief. | oppressed. burdened | |