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Week 6

Week 6. Quiz on Friday Definitions with Sentences, Parts of Speech, and Synonyms also due Friday. Chastise. verb 1. to discipline, especially by corporal punishment. 2. to criticize severely. Compelling. adjective tending to compel; overpowering: compelling reasons. Reprieve. verb

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Week 6

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  1. Week 6 Quiz on Friday Definitions with Sentences, Parts of Speech, and Synonyms also due Friday

  2. Chastise • verb • 1.to discipline, especially by corporal punishment. • 2.to criticize severely.

  3. Compelling • adjective • tending to compel; overpowering: compelling reasons.

  4. Reprieve • verb • to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).

  5. Scrupulous • adjective • having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.

  6. Delegate • noun • a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.

  7. Vindicate • verb • to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.

  8. Novice • noun • a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner: a novice in politics. • Hint: this is the word Ms. Tabone told you to use as your “action word” if you are in a foreign language class for your resume 

  9. Ominous • adjective • portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds. • The sky looked very ominous last night right before the tornado hit the ground outside my house.

  10. Paramount • adjective • chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.

  11. Unorthodox • adjective • not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct, as of a doctrine, religion, or philosophy; not orthodox: an unorthodox ideology.

  12. Plausible • adjective • having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.

  13. Reconcile • Verb • to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.

  14. Extra Credit • Along with filling out your vocabulary chart, create some flashcards for each of your vocab words this week. • Show them to Ms. Tabone by class on Thursday, and you will earn +5 extra points!

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