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Vocabulary. English I – UDHS 2011 – 2012 – Mrs. Hammond. Rate the vocabulary words…. Adulation Benevolent Camaraderie Deleterious Jubilation. Empathy Fortuitous Haughty Impetuous Longevity. Vocabulary Week #3 (First Quarter). Adulation (n) high praise Benevolent
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Vocabulary English I – UDHS 2011 – 2012 – Mrs. Hammond
Rate the vocabulary words… • Adulation • Benevolent • Camaraderie • Deleterious • Jubilation • Empathy • Fortuitous • Haughty • Impetuous • Longevity
Vocabulary Week #3 (First Quarter) • Adulation • (n) high praise • Benevolent • (adj) friendly, helpful • Camaraderie • (n) trust, sociability amongst friends • Deleterious • (adj) harmful, destructive • Jubilation • (n) joy, celebration • Longevity • (n) long life • Empathy • (n) identifying with feelings of others • Fortuitous • (adj) happening by luck, fortunate • Haughty • (adj) arrogant, condescending • Impetuous • (adj)impulsive, acting without thinking
Rate the vocabulary words… • Aspire • Circumstances • Drastic • Significant • Urgent • Anguish • Devoted • Adversity • Resilient • Superfluous
Vocabulary Week #5 (First Quarter) • Aspire • (v) want to do or be something • Circumstances • (n) facts and connotations that affect a situation • Drastic • (adj) extreme and sudden • Significant • (adj) important and meaningful • Urgent • (adj) needing to be dealt with immediately • Anguish • (n) strong feeling of misery or distress • Devoted • (adj) giving your time to something • Adversity • (n) misfortune, negative turn of events • Resilient • (adj) quick to recover, bounce back • Superfluous • (adj) extra, more than enough
Rate the vocabulary words… • Frantically • Intent • Intense • Perspective • Ominous • Circuitous • Insight • Emulate • Diligent • Antagonist
Vocabulary Week #7 (First Quarter) • Frantically • (adj) great urgency, fear • Intent • (adj) to be determined to do something • Intense • (adj) very strong • Perspective • (n) point of view • Ominous • (adj) threatening, warning of something bad to come • Circuitous • (adj) indirect, taking the longest route • Insight • (v) deep understanding • Emulate • (v) to imitate, follow an example • Diligent • (adj) careful and hard working • Antagonist • (n) opponent, person that is against someone/something
Rate the vocabulary words… • Massacre • Rebellion • Boast • Cordial • Idle • Traitor • Muzzle • Skirmish • Cholera • Hastily
Vocabulary Week #8 (First Quarter) • Massacre • (n) violent and cruel killing of a number of people • Rebellion • (n) resisting authority • Boast • (v) to praise oneself • Cordial • (adj) being warm and friendly • Idle • (adj) not being used or employed • Traitor • (n) one who commits treason • Muzzle • (n) the open end of a weapon from which the bullet is fired • Skirmish • (n) a minor fight between small bodies of troops • Cholera • (n) any of several diseases marked by vomiting and dysentery • Hastily • (adj) hurriedly, swiftly, rapidity of motion or action
Rate the vocabulary words… • Contagious • Epidemic • Impact • Internal • Resistance • Feasible • Expose • Vaccine • Extensive • Laboratory
Vocabulary Week # 2 (Second Quarter) • Contagious • (adj) spreadable by touch or through air • Epidemic • (n) the rapid spread of a disease among many people • Impact • (n) an effect or result • Internal • (adj) inside something, like your body • Resistance • (n) the ability to fight off or overcome something • Feasible • (adj) possible • Expose • (v) to leave without protection • Vaccine • (n) a substance that protects people against getting a disease • Extensive • (adj) in-depth, comprehensive • Laboratory • (n) a place where scientists do research
Rate the vocabulary words… • Theocracy • Heathen • Faction • Deference • Vindictive • Pallor • Indignant • Crone • Daft • Taint
Vocabulary Week #4 (Second Quarter) • Theocracy • (n) government of a state by church officials • Heathen • (adj) an uncivilized or irreligious person • Faction • (n) a group of persons forming a cohesive group • Deference • (n) respect and esteem due a superior or an elder • Vindictive • (adj) disposed to seek revenge • Pallor • (n) paleness • Indignant • (adj) showing anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean • Crone • (n) a withered old woman • Daft • (adj) mad; insane • Taint • (v) to contaminate; to corrupt
Rate the vocabulary words… • Abundant • Wrath • Callous • Slovenly • Gull • Gaunt • Excommunication • Reprieve • Retaliation • Adamant
Vocabulary Week #6 (Second Quarter) • Abundant • (adj) marked by great plenty • Wrath • (n) punishment for an offense or crime • Callous • (adj) feeling or showing no emotion • Slovenly • (adj) untidy in dress or appearance • Gull • (v) to take advantage of; to deceive • Gaunt • (adj) excessively thin and angular • Excommunication • (n) exclusion from the rights of church membership • Reprieve • (n) delay of a punishment • Retaliation • (n) returning like for like, vengeance for an injury • Adamant • (adj) unyielding, unshakable or immovable especially in opposition
Rate the vocabulary words… • Ambush • Complicated • Hesitate • Peril • Ponder • Site • Grenade • Repellent • Gape • Inscribe
Vocabulary Week #4 (Third Quarter) • Ambush • (v) to attack from a place of hiding • Complicated • (adj) hard to understand or deal with • Hesitate • (v) to pause • Peril • (n) danger • Ponder • (v) to think about carefully • Site • (n) a place • Grenade • (n) a small bomb that can be thrown or fired • Repellent • (n) a chemical that keeps insects away • Gape • (v) to open your mouth wide • Inscribe • (v) to cut or carve words into something
Rate the vocabulary words… • Axles • Burlap • Bristled • Bucking • Mottled • Unslung • Stake • Graybacks • Liniment • Pugnacious
Vocabulary Week #6 (Third Quarter) • Axles • (n) Bars connecting 2 opposite wheels • Burlap • (n)Fabric used for grain sacks • Bristled • (adj) Stiff and prickly • Bucking • (v) Throw grain on a truck • Mottled • (v) Many Colors • Unslung • (v) removed; took off • Stake • (n) amount of money • Graybacks • (n) lice; parasites • Liniment • (n) liquid rubbed on muscles • Pugnacious • (adj) eager and ready to fight
Rate the vocabulary words… • Monotonous • Snooker • Aloof • Persuasive • Crouched • Slug • Pulley • Writhed • Mauled • Twict
Vocabulary Week #8 (Third Quarter) • Monotonous • With no expression • Snooker • Type of pool game • Aloof • Distant; removed • Persuasive • Convincing • Crouched • Bend low • Slug • A serving of an alcoholic drink • Pulley • Small wheel with rope attached • Writhed • Twisted • Mauled • Treated roughly • Twict • Sharp sudden punch