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LevelUpYourLexicon!!!“Boremetotears”
Directions:Readthepartandspeechanddefinition.Determinethewordbasedthe
keywordsinthedefinition.
1. __________(verb)tomakeaholebydrilling
ORIGIN
Old English borian "to bore through, perforate,"
from bor "auger," from ProtoGermanic *buron (source also of Old Norse bora,
Swedishborra, Old High German boron, Middle
Dutch boren, German bohren), from PIE
root *bher- (2) "to cut with a sharp point, pierce,
bore" (source also of Greek pharao "I plow,"
Latin forare "to bore, pierce")
2. _____________(adj)abletobebored
3. ___________(noun)thestateofbeingbored
4. _________(verb)pasttenseofbear/hold/carry
5. _________(noun)personorthingthatpierces/bores
6. _____________(adj)wearisome,tedious,dull
7. _____________(verb,past)overwhelmed,overcome
8. _____________(noun)theprocessofboring
outworncylindersagain
1-5Bank
bore -able
bore -dom
-er
9. _____________(verb)tobearup,raisealoft,support
10. _____________(noun)aninstrument
usingacameratoinspectnarrow
cavities
11. _____________(adj)maximumpower
6-11Bank
over- up-
-some -scope
full-
re-
Howdoesthispicture
relatetoourstudyof
bore?
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