English III Fall Unit 3 Vocabulary

1. English III Fall Unit 3 Vocabulary

2. Unit 3 Week 1 New words to learn and add to our everyday vocabulary and writing

3. wan Week 1 Adjective. Unhealthily pale of a grayish, sickly color • After spending most of his • vacation in Borneo exploring • the caves and rarely • venturing out into the light, • Armando finally emerged, • wan and exhausted.

4. unkempt Week 1 Adjective. untidy, having a neglected appearance • During the ‘90s, grunge was • popular, and band members • worked hard at sporting an • unkempt look with torn • jeans and filthy, matted hair.

5. svelte Week 1 Adjective. slender, willowy, elegant, graceful • Ballet dancers observe a very • strict diet to maintain their • svelte figures.

6. denounce Week 1 Verb. to criticize or condemn someone/something publically and harshly • During the 1992 Los • Angeles Riots, government • officials denounced the • use of looting and violence.

7. deduct Week 1 Verb. to take away from a total; subtract • Liam was shocked at how • much money was • deducted from his • paycheck for state and • federal taxes.

8. de- Week 1 The words denounce and deduct contain the PREFIX: “de-” means out of/away from

9. Unit 3 Week 2 New words to learn and add to our everyday vocabulary and writing

10. disgruntled Week 2 Adjective discontented; in a bad mood or bad humor • After having to spend the day • listening to his friends talk • about the great vacation he • chose not to take, Mark was • disgruntled and eager to • change the subject.

11. lugubrious Week 2 Adjective. mournful, gloomy, dismal • Even when his tail was • wagging so hard he knocked • over three lamps and two • toddlers, the lugubrious • expression on the basset • hound’s face made him look • sad.

12. sanguine Week 2 I was not sanguine about the chances of my friend’s relationship getting serious when I realized her boyfriend listed his profession as “philogynist” on his resume. • Adjective. cheerful, optimistic

13. amorous Week 2 Adjective. strongly moved by love • The male bird engaged in • amorous behavior—nest • building, singing, showing • off their finery—in order to • attract females.

14. amicable Week 2 There are about a million couples who divorce each year in the United States, and most start out striving to keep the split amicable. • Adjective.characterized by friendly • goodwill

15. am- Week 2 The words amorous and amicable have the PREFIX: “am-” means love/liking

16. Unit 3 Week 3 New words to learn and add to our everyday vocabulary and writing

17. puerile Week 3 Adjective. childish, silly, immature • It was obvious he was • fond of puerile humor • when my six year old • sister thought he was • hilarious and no one else • in the family laughed.

18. novice Week 3 Adjective. a beginner, an apprentice • The more experienced nurses • teased the novice saying she • had to carry her supplies with • her at all times or she could • fired for “being absent without • gauze.”

19. antiquated Week 3 Adjective. old-fashioned, obsolete • The antiquated car was • quite dilapidated and • sported a bumper sticker • saying, “Honk if anything • falls off!”

20. extradite Week 3 Verb. to deliver somebody to a different legal authority • Martin Luther King Jr.'s • assassin, James Earl Ray, • was arrested in London, • England, on June 8th and • promptly extradited to the • USA.

21. extraneous Week 3 Adjective. 1. existing on or coming from the outside; 2. not relevant or essential • In nine cases out of ten, worry and anxiety is not a • voluntary feeling but springs from some extraneous • cause, stemming from something you can’t control.

22. extra- Week 3 The words extradite and extraneous have the PREFIX: “extra-” means beyond, outside

23. Unit 3 Week 4 New words to learn and add to our everyday vocabulary and writing

24. expedite Week 4 Verb. to speed up, hasten, facilitate • In an attempt to expedite • the physical, the patient • had printed out a long list • of his symptoms, including • a sore throat and sneezing • fits.

25. languid Week 4 Adjective. drooping, weak, sluggish • The overwhelming heat left • everyone languid, especially • the Inuit student who had just • transferred to San Diego from • Anchorage, Alaska where he • had been used to • temperatures below zero.

26. vivacious Week 4 Adjective. lively, energetic • Accustomed to a far more • vivacious class, the physical • education teacher berated her • students in terms they couldn’t • understand, telling them they • were playing as slowly as 22K • modems.

27. durable Week 4 Adjective. lasting for a long time, especially without sustaining damage or wear • Unfortunately because my mom • was more concerned with • durability, I received clunky, • thick-soled shoes for Christmas • rather than the dainty, high • heeled pairs I always wanted.

28. risible Week 4 Adjective. causing or capable of laughter; provoking laughter Experiments at Washington State University show that rats are every bit as risible as humans — at least when tickled.

29. -ible/-able Week 4 The words durableand risible have the SUFFIX: “-ible/-able” means capable of