Vocab Practice: Proscribe

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This word appeared on the Cool Word Club website on Aug. 6, 2015.

Let’s do a practice round!

Proscribe means:

A) To suggest
B) To alter
C) To prohibit
D) To donate

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Cool Word Challenge: Dissemble and Proscribe

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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:

Dissemble: To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.

Proscribe: To prohibit or forbid, especially by law.

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Voting Is No Longer Proscribed!

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In the United States when you turn 18 years old, one of the many rights you gain is the right to vote.

But did you know that women in America were proscribed (see definition and hear pronunciation below) from voting and did not gain this right until 1920?

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