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Vocabulary Week 1

Vocabulary Week 1. Word 1: Triumphant, Triumphantly Def: Great achievement or success Sent: Joe ran triumphantly around the school five times after winning the math contest. Word 2:Loathe Def: Strongly dislike Sent: Most students loathe Joe for his arrogant ways of showing off.

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Vocabulary Week 1

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  1. Vocabulary Week 1

  2. Word 1: Triumphant, TriumphantlyDef: Great achievement or successSent: Joe ran triumphantlyaround the school five times after winning the math contest.

  3. Word 2:LoatheDef: Strongly dislikeSent: Most studentsloatheJoe for his arrogant ways of showing off.

  4. Word 3: ObliviousDef: Not knowing what is going on around youSent: Joe was oblivious to the fact that no one liked him.

  5. Word 4: IntimidateDef: To frighten someone by threateningSent: Joe intimidated his classmates by being a lot smarter and three inches taller.

  6. Word 5: GrotesqueDef: Extremely & unpleasantly ugly Sent: Joe’s grandmother had a grotesque look with only two teeth and one blind eye.

  7. Word 6: FrailDef: Weak from age or sicknessSent: Joe’s grandma was too frailto come to the math contest.

  8. Word 7: SilhouetteDef: The dark outline shape of someone or somethingSent: That night, you could see the silhouette of Joe holding his trophy outside his house.

  9. Word 8: EerieDef: Strange, mysterious and frighteningSent: Joe lived near the swamp with a crocodile as a pet. It was simply eerie.

  10. Word 9: BluntDef: 1) Not having a sharp edge, dull 2) saying something without trying to be politeSent: Joe was always blunt about how much better he was then his classmates.

  11. Word 10: ShriekDef: A high pitched cry or yellSent: Cindy shrieked when she saw her cat run into Joe’s yard.

  12. Word 11: SkepticalDef: Not easily convinced, having doubtsSent: People were skepticalof Joe saying he liked cats even though he ate them.

  13. Word 12: StrenuousDef: Requiring great effort and energySent: Joe often said it was strenuous work catching, skinning and cooking a cat.

  14. Word 13: ExhaustedDef: To wear out completelySent: Joe was exhaustedafter running around the school five times.

  15. Word 14: AnxietyDef: A state of over worrySent: Cindy suffered from anxietysince she owned a cat and lived next to Joe.

  16. Word 15: EavesdropDef: Listen secretly to private conversationsSent: Cindy often eavesdroppedon Joe and his granny talking about how delicious cat was.

  17. Word 16: RidiculeDef: To tease or make fun ofSent: Students in Joe’s class never ridiculedhim about eating cats because he was bigger.

  18. Word 17: HaltDef: To stopSent: The police finally put ahaltto Joe killing cats when numerous neighbors complained.

  19. Word 18: AbsurdDef: Unreasonable, completely stupidSent: To many people, the story of Joe and his granny eating cats was simply absurd.

  20. Word 19: InquisitiveDef: Duly curious, wanting to know aboutSent: Many people were inquisitive about how cat meat tasted, so they asked Joe.

  21. Word 20: ScrawnyDef: Lean, boney, scraggySent: Joe said cat meat was delicious, but he also said many cats were too scrawny to eat.

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