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This article provides a review of vocabulary words with their definitions, including recidivism, extemporaneous, avail, throng, menacing, phony, composure, reimburse, exposure, and persecute.
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Week 6 Vocabulary Review Words to know
Monday, September 26thWrite the words and definitions. • recidivism- n. the tendency to relapse into a previous undesirable type of behavior, especially crime • extemporaneous- adj.- done unrehearsed • avail- v. make use of something • throng- n.- a large gathering of people • menacing- adj. posing a threatening quality
Tuesday, September 27thWrite the words and definitions. • phony- adj. fake or misleading • composure- n. the sate of steadiness of mind under stress • reimburse-v. the act of paying a debt • exposure- n. the contact • persecute- v. to cause suffering or pain
Wednesday, September 28thWrite the complete sentence and fill in the correct vocabulary word. • Unfortunately, his ___________________________ speeches were really bad and offensive; he began losing votes. • We are practicing vocabulary to _____________________ in more intelligent writing; the better our words, the better our writing. • The likelihood of ______________________ increases when convicts do not change their ways; it is a sad cycle.
Thursday, September 29thWrite the complete sentence and fill in the correct vocabulary word. • My sister took ten dollars out of my wallet, and now she needs to _______________________________ me. • My __________________________________ to poetry has cause me to start to rhyme all of the time. • It is unfair to ____________________________________ everyone for the actions of one.
Friday, September 30thWrite the word and one synonym for it. • extemporaneous- • avail- • throng- • menacing- • phony-