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Vocabulary Workshop

Vocabulary Workshop. Unit 1. PHOT/PHOS “light”. Phototropic : adjective Tending to grow or move towards light Because they are phototropic , daisies always grow towards the sun. Phosphorescent : adjective Giving off light without heat

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Vocabulary Workshop

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  1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 1

  2. PHOT/PHOS “light” • Phototropic: adjective • Tending to grow or move towards light • Because they are phototropic, daisies always grow towards the sun. • Phosphorescent: adjective • Giving off light without heat • Ms. Pardo stuck phosphorescent stars on her ceiling so that it would resemble the night sky.

  3. Photogenic: adjective • Attractive in pictures or photographs • Kylie Jenner is so photogenic that total strangers often ask to take her picture. (but she wears a lot of makeup)

  4. LUC “light” • Lucid: adjective • Easy to understand • Mr. Toro’s lucid explanation of The Great Gatsby helped the students understand the novel completely. • Elucidate: verb • To make clear by explaining • The confused student asked Ms. Kurowsky to elucidate further on how to write the essay.

  5. Translucent: adjective • Allowing light to pass through • Through the translucent blue cloth draped over the window, we could see the sun.

  6. SPEC/SPECT “to look at” • Circumspect: adjective • Careful; mindful of rules and consequences • The students in Room 200 tried to be circumspect and not break any rules. • Prospect: noun • That which is expected • The prospect of a trip to the dentist was hardly thrilling.

  7. Specter: noun • A ghost or phantom • Marcus seemed to see a specter in every corner of the haunted house.

  8. VID/VIS “to see, to look” • Invidious: Adjective • Hateful or spiteful • One candidate made an invidious speech against his opponent. • Providential: Adjective • Happening by good fortune • Through a providential series of events, I found myself in a lucrative job making lots of money.

  9. Improvise: verb • To create without any forethought or preparation • When Julie forgot the lines to her speech, she began to improvise the best she could remember.

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