5th box -Flashcards

1. (v.) to incorporate territory or space (After defeating them in battle, the Russians annexed Poland.) 2. (n.) a room attached to a larger room or space (He likes to do his studying in a little annex attached to the main reading room in the library.)

(adj.) causing dissent, discord (Her divisive tactics turned her two friends against each other.)

(v.) to make unclean, impure (She defiled the calm of the religious building by playing her banjo.)

(adj.) deeply affecting, moving (My teacher actually cried after reading to us the poignant final chapter of the novel.)