Vocab-ability–41 (clud, clus = close, shut) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE.

  1. Conclude
    The train conductor decided to conclude his career by "ghost-riding" his whip into Kyoto station.
  2. Secluded
    After retirement, the man decided to live secluded from humanity in the jungles of Peru.
  3. Exclusive
    She told me that we were exclusive, and then I saw her walking another dog.
  4. Recluse
    The adventure into the craters of Mars discovered a recluse who built a permaculture ecosystem that allowed him to thrive on the red planet.
  5. Claustrophobia
    I discovered my claustrophobia after my brother stuffed me in a box and had UPS ship me to my dad's house.


Thanks for the smiles, particularly #3, #4, and #5.

:) Your practice keeps my English sharp while I'm learning Thai, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesia ><

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Conclude
    Mr. Harris what do you conclude from this?
  2. Seclude
    I think the monks seclude themselves from the society.
  3. Exclusive
    He is a part of an exclusive government organisation.
  4. Reclusive
    Mr. Muhasib has a reclusive nature.
  5. Claustrophobia
    He never travels in underground transport as he is suffering from claustrophobia

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. conclude
    By this we conclude the chapter.
  2. Secluded
    Sunil and I sunbathed on a small secluded beach.
  3. Exclusive
    The hotel has exclusive access to the beach.
  4. Recluse
    She now leads the life of a recluse.
  5. Claustrophobia
    I was getting claustrophobia at my office.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. Conclude
    Two days ago I had a tinder date that I concluded earlier, pretending to have an unpredictable circumstances to handle, in order to avoid further uncomfortable feelings.

  2. Secluded
    When I lived in the Mid West of Nepal, the geographic belt, the culture barrier and the language contributed to make me feel quite secluded by the rest of the world.

  3. Exclusive
    My colleague rented an exclusive Karaoke room just for our team, to make us feel special and more united.

  4. Recluse
    My ex-boyfriend was a sociopath, who loved to self impose to live like a recluse in his cave-room for many days a week without meeting any human beings.

  5. Claustrophobia
    Claustrophobia is an unreasonable and uncontrollable reaction to closed spaces that is fairly common among anxious personalities.

An exclusive karaoke room! Your team must truly be "special"!! :-)

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Conclude
    He concluded the presentation with a joke.
  2. Secluded
    After that unfair event, he secluded himself
  3. Exclusive
    I went to an exclusive school for a few years.
  4. Recluse
    The man living in the woods is a recluse.
  5. Claustrophobia
    He didn't get into the elevator because of claustrophobia.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Conclude
    I would like to conclude by saying that I do enjoy your magazine.
  2. Seclude
    You can't seclude yourself from the world.
  3. Exclusive
    The hotel has exclusive access to the beach.
  4. Reclusive
    She is very reclusive, to the point of shutting me out of her life.
  5. Claustrophobia
    He suffers from claustrophobia so he never travels on underground trains.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Conclude
    They conclude the report with some words.

  2. Secluded
    we live in a secluded home far from the city

  3. Exclusive
    I watch an exclusive match with my friends.

  4. Recluse
    She is anormal , She live a recluse life.

  5. Claustrophobia
    He likes freedom because he suffer from Claustrophobia

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

1- conclude
he Concluded the article with a beautiful line.
2- Secluded
It is prohibited to go to secluded places.
3- Exclusive
Mr. JOhn cena come here to give and exclusive interview.
4- Recluse
Arif was well known for his recluse nature.
5- Claustrophobia
My friend Farhan was the patient of Claustrophobia.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Conclude
    I concluded my internship with remarkable experience and a disciplinary certificate.
  2. Seclude
    My friend told me he wanted to live on a secluded apartment.
  3. Exclusive
    The exclusive entry for premium members of the club was started two days ago.
  4. Reclusive
    Being reclusive is not a good thing when you are living abroad.
  5. Claustrophobia
    My claustrophobia is out of control when I look at the bottom from the roof top.

As for #5, it seems you misunderstood the word. Your context implies a fear of heights, not claustrophobia.

You are right. I have used the word for heights instead of the closed spaces.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. conclude
    ”Tonight is the night,” Carry, who is sitting across the card table from me, said, ”I shall make our night concluded by this hand.”

  2. seclude
    Leaving the rabbits secluded in the capsule out of the snowstorm, the scientist drove back down the blizzard covered road.

  3. Exclusive
    ”Right oh, my good chum! Exclusivity is our main priorit-AY.”

  4. Reclusive
    The very last picture of me was before I became a recluse, before the worms had come, and before I ate this crap.

  5. claustrophobia
    ”My daddy says that your daddy has claustro-pho-pho-phobia when l-l-locked in a truck.”

Please write MY VOCAB PRACTICE in the beginning, and read the rules

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Conclude
    After watching the review Empire Conclude that he is out.
  2. Seclude
    After watching his bad behavior, Members secluded him from the society.
  3. Exclusive
    Geo channel is well known for his Exlusive news.
  4. Reclusive
    Reclusive nature is not good for society.
  5. Claustrophobia
    I know a friend who is a patient of Claustrophobia.

In #1, do you mean "umpire"?

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