Vocabulary Word for Chapters 15 - 17 of  The Giver - obsolete

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Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it's become almost obsolete," his mother explained carefully.

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Write a short definition for the word obsolete.

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Circle the 6 words that mean the same as obsolete.

out-of-date disused recent ancient dead up-to-date
modern fresh old extinct new latest

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Write a sentence with the word obsolete.

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Which sentence(s) use(s) the word obsolete correctly? Put T for True or F for False.

______________  The old Apple II computers are almost obsolete in this society were everyone uses the Internet.

______________  The 2002 model Chevy truck is so new that it is obsolete.

______________ The new textbooks have facts that are so current that they are obsolete.