English I – UDHS 2011 – 2012 – Mrs. Hammond. Adulation Benevolent Camaraderie Deleterious...

English I – UDHS 2011 – 2012 – Mrs. Hammond

Vocabulary

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AdulationBenevolentCamaraderieDeleteriousJubilation

EmpathyFortuitousHaughtyImpetuousLongevity

Vocabulary Week #3 (First Quarter)

Adulation (n) high praise

Benevolent (adj) friendly, helpful

Camaraderie (n) trust, sociability

amongst friendsDeleterious

(adj) harmful, destructiveJubilation

(n) joy, celebrationLongevity

(n) long life

Empathy (n) identifying with

feelings of othersFortuitous

(adj) happening by luck, fortunate

Haughty (adj) arrogant,

condescendingImpetuous

(adj) impulsive, acting without thinking


AspireCircumstancesDrasticSignificantUrgent

AnguishDevotedAdversityResilientSuperfluous


Aspire (v) want to do or be

somethingCircumstances

(n) facts and connotations that affect a situation

Drastic (adj) extreme and sudden

Significant (adj) important and

meaningfulUrgent

(adj) needing to be dealt with immediately

Anguish (n) strong feeling of misery

or distressDevoted

(adj) giving your time to something

Adversity (n) misfortune, negative

turn of eventsResilient

(adj) quick to recover, bounce back

Superfluous (adj) extra, more than

enough


Frantically

Intent

Intense

Perspective

Ominous

Circuitous

Insight

Emulate

Diligent

Antagonist


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…MassacreRebellionBoastCordialIdle

TraitorMuzzleSkirmishCholeraHastily


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 firedSkirmish

(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


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


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 personFaction

(n) a group of persons forming a cohesive group

Deference (n) respect and esteem due

a superior or an elderVindictive

(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


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 crimeCallous

(adj) feeling or showing no emotion

Slovenly (adj) untidy in dress or

appearanceGull

(v) to take advantage of; to deceive

Gaunt (adj) excessively thin and

angularExcommunication

(n) exclusion from the rights of church membership

Reprieve (n) delay of a punishment

Retaliation (n) returning like for like,

vengeance for an injuryAdamant

(adj) unyielding, unshakable or immovable especially in opposition

Rate the vocabulary words…AmbushComplicatedHesitatePerilPonder

SiteGrenadeRepellentGapeInscribe

Vocabulary Week #4 (Third Quarter)Ambush

(v) to attack from a place of hiding

Complicated (adj) hard to understand

or deal withHesitate

(v) to pausePeril

(n) dangerPonder

(v) to think about carefully

Site (n) a place

Grenade (n) a small bomb that can

be thrown or firedRepellent

(n) a chemical that keeps insects away

Gape (v) to open your mouth

wideInscribe

(v) to cut or carve words into something


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…MonotonousSnookerAloofPersuasiveCrouched

SlugPulleyWrithedMauledTwict

Vocabulary Week #8 (Third Quarter)Monotonous

With no expressionSnooker

Type of pool gameAloof

Distant; removedPersuasive

Convincing Crouched

Bend low

SlugA serving of an

alcoholic drink Pulley

Small wheel with rope attached

WrithedTwisted

MauledTreated roughly

TwictSharp sudden punch

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