1 / 18

Unit Five Week One Vocabulary

Enhance your language skills with a variety of vocabulary words including verbs, adjectives, nouns, synonyms, and antonyms. Practice using these words in context to improve your communication skills.

dchandler
Download Presentation

Unit Five Week One Vocabulary

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Unit FiveWeek One Vocabulary

  2. Parts of Speech: Definition: Verb 1. to warn against something 2. to scold someone Admonish Synonym: Scold, warn Antonym: Acclaim, praise Rhymes with: Astonish Mr. Paddington admonished us not to throw food in the cafeteria. 2. After the food fight, the principal admonished us for having participated.

  3. Definition: Parts of Speech: Adjective 1. unknown or unnamed 2. lacking individuality or character Anonymous Synonym: Antonym: incognito, secret known, recognized Rhymes with: Bottomless The author of the book remained anonymous even after the book won countless awards.

  4. Definition: Parts of Speech: Adjective Astute smart and perceptive Synonym: Antonym: bright, insightful ignorant, idiotic Sounds Like: Absolute Word used in a sentence Young Jordan made the astute comment that bullies often have problems at home.

  5. Definition: Parts of Speech: Noun one who looks on or observes; a person present but not taking part Bystander Synonym: Antonym: witness Participant Sounds Like: crawl Word used in a sentence Among all the bystanders at the parade, I was the shortest so I had the worst view.

  6. Definition: a person killed or injured in a war or accident Parts of Speech: Noun Casualty Synonym: deaths, losses Antonym: blessing Sounds Like: Fossil Word used in a sentence During the American Civil War there were 60,222 Union casualties and 258,000 Confederate casualties, making it by far the deadliest war in American history.

  7. Unit FiveWeek Two Vocabulary

  8. Definition: Parts of Speech: adj Deceased Dead Synonym: Antonym: Bought the farm Alive Sounds Like: released The deceased soldier was given a full military funeral.

  9. Definition: Parts of Speech: adverb Downright thoroughly, totally Synonym: Antonym: Absolutely Sounds Like: Crown Fight Camille is just a downright nice girl.

  10. Definition: Parts of Speech: adjective very dirty, covered with dirt or soot Grimy Synonym: Antonym: filthy clean, pure Sounds Like: shiny Word used in a sentence Acey’s house was on the north side of town, among the grimy industrial buildings and smokestacks.

  11. Definition: Parts of Speech: Noun Homage honor or respect shown publicly Synonym: Antonym: Praise Dishonor Sounds Like: Mom itch Word used in a sentence The mayor paid homage to the students who had helped build the new skate park.

  12. to move with great speed; to rush violently Parts of Speech: verb Hurtle Synonym: Antonym: Race, lunge, charge Sounds Like: Turtle Word used in a sentence The out-of-control truck hurtled down the freeway.

  13. Unit FiveWeek Three Vocabulary

  14. Definition: Parts of Speech: adjective Legitimate 1. lawful; according to the laws or rules 2. genuine or justifiable Synonym: Antonym: Accepted, rightful illegal Sounds Like: Put a ring on it In soccer, hitting the ball with your hand is not a legitimate shot. 2. I felt that my complaint about the heat in our classroom was legitimate, but the custodian wouldn’t listen to me.

  15. Definition: Parts of Speech: Adjective Lethal causing death or made to cause death Synonym: Antonym: Fatal, deadly Harmless Rhymes with: Eagle Socrates was forced to swallow a lethal dose of poison.

  16. Definition: Parts of Speech: Noun Magnitude the great size or importance of something Synonym: Antonym: greatness, importance Unimportant Sounds Like: Attitude Word used in a sentence The magnitude of electing the first African-American president will be felt for generations.

  17. Definition: Parts of Speech: Adj Stodgy heavy, dull, or boring; old-fashioned Synonym: Antonym: Dreary, formal Exciting Sounds Like: Dodge E Word used in a sentence Chris likes reading comic books, not stodgy old novels from the 19th century.

  18. Definition: greatest, highest, farthest Parts of Speech: Adj Utmost Synonym: Antonym: Absolute, maximum Least Sounds Like: cut toast Word used in a sentence Respecting people who are different from you is of the utmost importance.

More Related