Academic Vocabulary

Academic Vocabulary

Amnesty, Extricate, Transient, Scathing,

Amnesty

Amnesty

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Amnesty

• Noun

Amnesty

• Noun

• Many political prisoners were freed under the amnesty granted by the new regime.

Amnesty

Description

Amnesty

Description• Any act of forgiveness or absolution

Amnesty

Description• Any act of forgiveness or absolution,

-generally granted by a government for something against a government

Amnesty

Word Family

Amnesty

Word Family• Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs)

Amnesty

Word Family• Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs) ehhhh!– Generally you’d hear “…granting amnesty…”

Amnesty

Word Family• Synonyms:

Amnesty

Word Family• Synonyms:– Forgiveness– Pardon

Amnesty

Word Family• Synonyms:– Forgiveness– Pardon

• Antonym

Amnesty

Word Family• Synonyms:– Forgiveness– Pardon

• Antonym– Gruge

Amnesty

Examples

Amnesty

Examples• Some people want amnesty for illegal

immigrants.

Amnesty

Examples• Some people want amnesty for illegal

immigrants.

Amnesty

Examples• Some people want amnesty for illegal

immigrants.• Others do not want the government to grant

amnesty to illegal immigrants.

Amnesty

Examples• Some people want amnesty for illegal

immigrants.• Others do not want the government to grant

amnesty to illegal immigrants.

Amnesty

Examples• Some people want amnesty for illegal

immigrants.• Others do not want the government to grant

amnesty to illegal immigrants.• The police granted amnesty to anyone

carrying a firearm so they could turn it in and have it disposed of.

Amnesty

Non-Examples

Amnesty

Non-Examples• I’m so amnesty.

• Vegatables are so amnesty.

Amnesty

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Extricate

Extricate

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Extricate

• Verb

Extricate

• Verb

• The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to _______ the fish from the net.

Extricate

• Verb

• The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to extricate the fish from the net.

Extricate

Description

Extricate

Description• To free from entanglements or difficulties with

effort

Extricate

Description• To free from entanglements or difficulties with

effort Word Family

Extricate

Description• To free from entanglements or difficulties with

effort Word Family

• Extricated, Extricating

Extricate

Description• To free from entanglements or difficulties with

effort Word Family

• Extricated, Extricating• Synonyms

Extricate

Description• To free from entanglements or difficulties with

effort Word Family

• Extricated, Extricating• Synonyms– loose– rescue

Extricate

Description• To free from entanglements or difficulties with

effort Word Family

• Extricated, Extricating• Synonyms Antonyms– loose– rescue– disentangle

Extricate

Description• To free from entanglements or difficulties with

effort Word Family

• Extricated, Extricating• Synonyms Antonyms– loose -entangle– rescue -tie up– disentangle

Extricate

Examples

Extricate

Examples• The EMTs extricated the man from the car

after the accident.

Extricate

Examples

Extricate

Examples• The EMTs extricated the man from the car

after the accident.• They had to extricate the man from the rubble

after the building collapsed.

Extricate

Examples• They had to extricate the man from the rubble

after the building collapsed.

Extricate

Examples• The EMTs extricated the man from the car

after the accident.• They had to extricate the man from the rubble

after the building collapsed.• The sea turtle could not extricate himself from

the net.

Extricate

Examples

Extricate

Examples• The EMTs extricated the man from the car after

the accident.• They had to extricate the man from the rubble

after the building collapsed.• The sea turtle could not extricate himself from

the net.• The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the

web, so the spider got it.

Extricate

Examples• The EMTs extricated the man from the car after

the accident.• They had to extricate the man from the rubble

after the building collapsed.• The sea turtle could not extricate himself from

the net.• The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the

web, so the spider got it.

Extricate

Examples• The EMTs extricated the man from the car after

the accident.• They had to extricate the man from the rubble

after the building collapsed.• The sea turtle could not extricate himself from

the net.• The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the

web, so the spider got it.

Extricate

Non-Examples

Extricate

Non-Examples• We don’t generally need to extricate ourselves

from our shoes because they are easy to take off.

• The extricate handcuffs were difficult to take off.

Extricate

Non-Examples• We don’t generally need to extricate ourselves

from our shoes because they are easy to take off.

• The extricate handcuffs were difficult to take off. It’s not an adjective.

Extricate

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Transient

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Transient

• Adjective

Transient

• Adjective/Noun

Transient

• Adjective/Noun

• (Adj) The headache was transient, and it was gone in only a few minutes.

Transient

• Adjective/Noun

• (Adj) The headache was transient, and it was gone in only a few minutes.

• (noun) Many farm workers in the 1930s were transients.

Transient

Description

Transient

Description• adj. Lasting only a short time

Transient

Description• adj. Lasting only a short time• n. Person who stays someplace only a short

time.

Transient

Description• adj. Lasting only a short time• n. Person who stays someplace only a short

time.Word Family

Transient

Description• adj. Lasting only a short time• n. Person who stays someplace only a short

time.Word Family

• Transients

Transient

Description• adj. Lasting only a short time• n. Person who stays someplace only a short time.

Word Family• Transients Synonyms• -fleeting• -

ephemeral

Transient

Description• adj. Lasting only a short time• n. Person who stays someplace only a short time.

Word Family• Transients Synonyms• -fleeting• Antonym -ephemeral– Permanent

Transient

Examples

Transient

Examples• Because of their transient nature, migrant

workers don’t acquire many possessions.

• Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place too long.

Transient

Examples

Transient

Examples• Because of their transient nature, migrant workers

don’t acquire many possessions.

• Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long.

• The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places.

Transient

Examples• Because of their transient nature, migrant workers

don’t acquire many possessions.

• Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long.

• The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places.

Transient

Examples• Because of their transient nature, migrant workers

don’t acquire many possessions.

• Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long.

• The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places.

Transient

Remember

Transient

Remember• Use transient as an adjective to describe a

person place or thing.

Transient

Remember• Use transient as an adjective to describe a

person place or thing. -i.e. the transient mood

Transient

Remember• Use transient as an adjective to describe a

person place or thing. -i.e. the transient mood

• Use transient as a noun such as a person or an animal who moves around a lot.

Transient

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Scathing

Scathing

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Scathing

• Adjective

Scathing

• Adjective

• A scathing attack doesn’t always work; sometimes people should be nice instead.

Scathing

Description

Scathing

Description• causing great harm; bitterly severe

Scathing

Description• causing great harm; bitterly severe

Word FamilyScathingly (adverb)

Scathing

Description• causing great harm; bitterly severe

Word FamilyScathingly (adverb)

• Synonyms– harsh– ferocious

Scathing

Description• causing great harm; bitterly severe

Word FamilyScathingly (adverb)

• Synonyms Antonyms– harsh -pleasant– ferocious -mild

Scathing

Examples

Scathing

Examples• Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

Scathing

Examples• Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

Scathing

Examples• Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

Scathing

Examples• Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

• The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore.

Scathing

Examples• The words she heard were so scathing that

she wasn’t friends with him anymore.

Scathing

Examples• Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

• The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore.

• The scathing heat from the hot sauce made him chug his drink to cool his burning tongue.

Scathing

Examples

Scathing

Examples• Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears.

• The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore.

• The scathing heat from the hot sauce made him chug his drink to cool his burning tongue.

Scathing

Non-Examples

Scathing

Non-Examples• I scathe you.

• My scathe made her cry.

Scathing

Non-Examples• I scathe you.

• My scathe made her cry.Use it as an adjective to describe something.

Scathing

Non-Examples• I scathe you.

• My scathe made her cry.Use it as an adjective to describe something.– i.e. The scathing remark made her cry (describe

the remark).

Scathing

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