1 / 9

Vocabulary Week 8

Vocabulary Week 8. Quiz on 10/27. askew (adj .) 10/20/14 (uh SKEW). to one side; crooked; awry; a sidelong look of contempt (hatred) a. After the flood receded, the bridge was found to be ASKEW of the road which connected to it.

seth-johnston
Download Presentation

Vocabulary Week 8

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vocabulary Week 8 Quiz on 10/27

  2. askew (adj.) 10/20/14 (uh SKEW) to one side; crooked; awry; a sidelong look of contempt (hatred) a. After the flood receded, the bridge was found to be ASKEW of the road which connected to it. b. After every interruption, the speaker looked ASKEW at the heckler.

  3. Cubism (n.) 10/22/14 (KYOO biz um) a style of art in which the subject matter is portrayed by geometric forms, especially cubes Pablo Picasso did not originate the CUBISM style of painting, but he is credited with popularizing it.

  4. cranny (n.) 10/21 (KRAN ee) a small opening as in a wall or rock face Rock climbers look for any CRANNY where they can get a secure foothold.

  5. enrage (v.) 10/22 (in RAGE) to put in a rage; infuriate; anger What ENRAGES my wife is when I forget to wipe my feet before coming into the house.

  6. propulsive (v./n.) 10/24/14 (PROH pul siv) the act or process of propelling; a propelling force PROPELLERS provide the PROPULSIVE force that PROPELS many transportation vehicles.

  7. Samples of Cubist (adjective here) Art

More Related