Mississippi Trial Vocabulary Practice

1. Mississippi Trial Vocabulary Practice How are you doing on that vocab?

2. Different forms of the word. Can you complete the following in 4 minutes? • Use the word deplorable as a verb. • Use the word skittish as an adverb. • Use the word garbled as an adjective. • Use the word meander as an adjective. • Use the word dilapidated as a noun.

3. Different forms of the word. Can you complete the following in 5 minutes? • Use the word allegedly as an adjective. • Use the word indignation as an adjective. • Use the word indignation as an adverb. • Use the word agitators as a verb. • Use the word agitators as a different verb.

4. What’s the word? Can you answer the following questions in 3 minutes? • A word that you would NOT likely use to describe the landscapes around here, but you would use in southern, coastal regions. • A word that I would use to describe my consumption of coffee. You may use it to tell me how you eat pizza. • A word that could be used when talking about a teenager who has to give up his / her phone and IPOD until his or her grades are up.

5. What’s the word? Can you answer the following questions in 4 minutes? • A word that would likely be used when talking about myths or urban legends. For instance, it could easily come in to a conversation about Big Foot. • A word that would be used when talking about people like Hellen Keller, Jackie Robinson, or Lewis and Clark. • A word that would be used when talking about lifting after surgery, walking on ice, or testing the heat of a bowl of soup. • A word that teachers would use when talking about students studying extra for a test, doing an unassigned 3rd draft of a paper, or walking quietly in the halls.