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VOCABULARY LESSON 7:Take notes on your word chart and your root/prefix chart to submit on day of vocab quiz. New words sure taste great to your brain!

GOALS: 1) Evaluate word meanings and relationships. 2) Accountable talk (Think-pair-share, Questions, Responses, Hints)

ABHOR • Def: (v) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply • Syn: detest, despise, abominate • Ant: admire, cherish, respect, relish • Sent: He tried to tolerate his brother-in-law, even though deep down he actually abhorred him.

AMEND • Def: (v) to change in a formal way; to change for the better • Syn: modify, improve, correct • Sent: He had to amend his ways after he got caught cheating again. • Common Phrases: “to make amends”=to make up for what one did wrong “amendment to the constitution” = change to the rules that govern our laws

BUFFET • Def: (v) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one’s way with difficulty; (n) a slap, blow • Syn: (v) batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about • Sent: The army’s advances were buffeted by the ground troops of the opposing side.

CHAOS • Def: (n) great confusion, disorder • Syn: anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium • Ant: order, regularity, tranquility • Sent: In all the chaos and confusion at the scene of the crime, the criminals easily escaped.

COMMODIOUS • Def: roomy, spacious • Syn: comfortable, ample, capacious • Ant: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient • Sent: A commodious car works best for a large family, especially when one needs to fit in a wide car-seat.

Think-pair-share: • Describe a situation in which you would need to MAKE AMMENDS. Explain. • When you get your own car, would you like it to be COMMODIOUS ? Explain why or why not.

CORROSIVE • Def: (adj) eating away gradually, acid-like, bitterly sarcastic • Syn: caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful • Ant: bland, mild, benign, amiable • Sent: Her corrosive humor often hurt her friends’ feelings.

DISCERN • Def (v): to see clearly, recognize • Syn: perceive, detect, distinguish • Ant: overlook • Sent: She could not discern the difference between the original painting and the forged one.

EXTANT • Def: (adj) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost • Syn: surviving, in existence • Ant: extinct, defunct, vanished • Sent: Of the nine known species of tigers, only six remain extant.

IMPLICATE • Def: (v) to involve in; to connect with or be related to • Syn: incriminate, entangle • Ant: absolve, exculpate • Sent: The cheat sheet that fell from his desk during the exam implicated him.

Think-pair-share: • How can you DISCERN the difference between diet soda and sugary soda? • How much longer do you think humans will be EXTANT and why?

INTER • Def: (v) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion • Ant: unearth, exhume • Hint: to put INTo (“inter”) the earth • Sent: They believed that despite the king’s physical burial, his soul could not be interred in the dark regions of the underworld—at least not without some of his essential belongings!

MARTINET • Def: (n) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules • Syn: a taskmaster, slave driver • Sent: Our coach didn’t just push us; he was a martinet who made sure we followed the rules to a tee.

OBVIATE • Def: (v) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, to dispose of • Syn: preclude, forestall, ward off • Sent: When competing in group sports, you cannot completely obviate the risk of injury, no matter how much safety gear you put on.

RENEGADE • Def: (n) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw • Def: (adj) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox • Syn: turncoat, defector, heretic • Ant: loyalist, patriot • Sent: The exterminators said claimed to get rid of all fleas, but if they missed one single renegade flea, the house could soon be re-infested.

REPREHENSIBLE • Def: (adj) deserving blame or punishment • Syn: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious • Ant: commendable, blameless, meritorious • Sent: Tripping at the Oscars once may be endearing, but twice is reprehensible to some viewers.

SOMBER • Def: (adj) dark, gloomy, depressed or melancholy in spirit • Syn: mournful, dismal • Ant: bright, sunny, light-hearted, cheerful, jaunty • Sent: He was somber for months after his girlfriend dumped him.

Think-pair-share: • What kind of technology have OBVIATED our need for landline phones and desktop computers? • I don’t mean to be overly SOMBER, but if you could be INTERRED with only one special object what would it be?

SQUALID • Def: (adj) filthy, wretched, debased • Syn: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject • Ant: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty • Sent: When we saw the squalid conditions of the bathrooms, we decided to wait till we got home.

TURBULENT • Def: (adj) disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy • Syn: tumultuous, unruly, agitated • Ant: calm, placid, tranquil, still • Sent: We were shocked to see them get married, given the turbulent beginning of their relationship. • Common phrase: “We are experiencing some turbulence.”

VOCIFEROUS • Def: (adj) loud and noisy; compelling attention • Syn: clamorous, uproarious, blustering • Ant: quiet, soft-spoken, muted, subdued • Sent: Despite her vociferous complaints to the “manager” the store refused to issue a refund.

VOLUMINOUS • Def: (adj) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length • Syn: bulky, massive, copious, plentiful • Ant: scant, meager, brief, succinct • Hint: a large “VOLUMe” of something • Sent: The restriction to three pages meant she would have to cut down the voluminous twelve-page essay she wrote before editing.

WAIVE • Def: (v) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer • Syn: decline, relinquish, forgo • Ant: claim, accept • Sent: Signing the papers the doctor offered her meant that she was waiving her right to sue in case of injury. • Common Phrases: “waive your right” and “waive the late fee”

Think-pair-share: • Describe a situation not already discussed that would required you to sign a waiver to WAIVE your rights. • Describe a situation not already discussed that could cause an even-tempered person to become VOCIFEROUS.

Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes • PREFIX: voc=speak • SUFFIX: ous/ive/able/ible= forms an adjective

VOC=SPEAK/CALL • VOCiferous: loud and noisy; compelling attention • Ex: Vocal, Vocalize, Vocabulary, Vocation,

ABLE/IBLE=forms an adjective • ReprehensIBLE= deserving of REPREHENSION (blame or punishment) NounAdjective

OUS/IVE=forms an adjective • CorrosIVE= causing CORROSION literally or figuratively (eating away gradually, acid-like, bitterly sarcastic) NounAdjective • VoluminOUS= having a large VOLUME (of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length) NounAdjective

New words sure taste great to your brain!