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Week #3 Vocabulary

English 10:. Week #3 Vocabulary. Copy these words and definitions on your own paper to SAVE. Paradox: a statement which at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true Realm: a kingdom; a special field of someone or something

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Week #3 Vocabulary

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  1. English 10: Week #3 Vocabulary

  2. Copy these words and definitions on your own paper to SAVE. • Paradox: a statement which at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true • Realm: a kingdom; a special field of someone or something • Annals: historical records • Compound: to increase or to add to • Tinge: a trace, smattering, or slight degree • Badger: to pester, nag, or annoy persistently • Implore: to plead urgently for aid or mercy • Drudgery: unpleasant, dull, or hard work • Interminable: seemingly unending • Perceive: to understand, know, or become aware of

  3. Notice how the words are used in context: • What a paradox that most of the world’s greatest chefs have been men. It would seem logical that since cooking has historically been within the realm of women, they would naturally be the best cooks. However, most cooking schools today are filled with men who wish to become great chefs. To compound this situation, fewer women apply to become chefs, so their numbers remain small at cooking institutions. In fact, a hundred years ago, there was a tinge of scandal when women actually tried to become chefs.

  4. Notice how these words are used in context: • It is difficult to change a person’s attitude by badgering him. The student who begs his mother “to get off his back” when she implores him to do his homework is often the same student who complains interminably during class that he doesn’t have enough time to do his classwork. How paradoxical that this student does not perceive that no one likes being nagged, especially not teachers.

  5. Number 1-10 on your own paper. Write the correct vocabulary word on a sheet of paper to be handed in for credit: 1. She does her homework on Fridays to save herself from the XXX of doing it on the weekend. 2. The parent continually XXX her son about his low grades. 3. The eminent scientist XXXed difficulties in putting his invention into practice. 4. The sick child’s mother XXXed the doctor to give her the medication. 5. Some of my classes are XXX long. 6. To XXX Bob’s problems, he lost his assignment before school. • The XXXs of sports are replete with the names of great athletes. • One of the great XXXs of Thomas Jefferson’s life was that he was “the father of democracy,” yet he owned slaves. • A XXX of pain shot through Bob’s arm after he fell on the basketball court. • Fran views her classroom as her XXX; once you enter her room, you are under her watchful eye.

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