Vocab Practice: Parry

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on March 30, 2015.

Let’s do a practice round!

Parry means:

A) To loosen one’s grip
B) To lose one’s balance
C) To ward off an attack
D) To move slowly

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Cool Word Challenge: Parry and Riffle

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Cool Word Challenge: Just for fun, come up with one sentence that uses both of the cool vocabulary words that you learned this week.

Here are the words again:

Parry: To ward off a weapon or attack; to deflect or evade.

Riffle: To leaf through papers or pages, especially in [Read more…]

It’s Time to Parry!

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Karate is one of the oldest forms of marital arts.

Originating centuries ago on the island of Okinawa, karate evolved as a popular style of fighting that did not require weapons.

These days, karate is practiced mainly as a form of exercise and for self-defense.

A practitioner of karate uses [Read more…]