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VOCAB WORDS By Val Klages, David Zaslavsky, Stevie Solusod, and Claire McDonald

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VOCAB WORDS. By Val Klages, David Zaslavsky , Stevie Solusod , and Claire M cDonald . Disdainful. Adjective Showing or feeling contempt or lack of respect Odyssey-“And one disdainful suitor added this: ‘May his fortune grow an inch for every inch he bends it!’ - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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VOCAB WORDS

By Val Klages, David Zaslavsky, Stevie Solusod, and Claire McDonald

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Disdainful

• Adjective • Showing or feeling contempt or lack of respect• Odyssey-“And one disdainful suitor added this:

‘May his fortune grow an inch for every inch he bends it!’

• 2nd-“The disdainful teacher said, ‘If you won’t study, then you’re going to fail the test.’”

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Adversity

• Noun• Difficulties, misfortune• Odyssey-“I bore adversities, but in the

twentieth year I am ashore in my own land.” • 2nd-“The adversity of a D on my report card,

ended in me getting grounded.”

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Contemptible

• Adjective • Deserving contempt, despicable• Odyssey-“My hand and eye are sound, not so

contemptible as the young men say.”• 2nd-“They were acting like I was a

contemptible liar.”

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Revelry

• Noun• festivity; noisy merrymaking• Odyssey-“In that revelry amid his throng of

friends who would imagine a single foe- though a strong foe indeed- could dare to bring death’s pain on him and darkness on his eyes?”

• 2nd-“After Marshawn Lynch’s run, against the saints, the revelry produced an earthquake.”

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Restitution

• Noun• To restore to former or original state, to pay

something back for a loss or damage• Odyssey-“As for ourselves, we’ll make restitution of

wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”

• 2nd-“At the half-time of our football game, the restitution of Gatorade helped us get back to out A-game for the next half.”

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Revulsion

• Noun • A sudden, strong feeling of disgust• Odyssey-“Revulsion, anguish in his heart, with

both feet kicking out, he downed his chair, while the shrouding wave of mist closed on his eyes.

• 2nd-“The revulsion of the kid happened when he saw his hamster dead in the bottom the cage.”

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Commandeer

• To seize/take control of by force• Odyssey-“My lords, hear me: suitors indeed,

you commandeered this house to feast and drink in, day and night, my husband being long gone long out of mind.”

• 2nd-“The teacher commandeered her phone when she caught her texting.”

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Implacable

• Adjective• To not be calmed or soothed, unstoppable • Odyssey-“’Friends,’ he said, ‘the man is

implacable’”• 2nd-“The enemy was implacable because he

wouldn’t be calmed by my bribe.”

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Aloof

• Adjective • Acting distant, especially in feeling or interest• Odyssey-“Who else in the world would keep

aloof as you do from her husband if he returned to her from years of trouble cast on his own land in the twentieth year?”

• 2nd-“Mary seems aloof, but she’s just quiet.”

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Tremulous

• Adjective • Characterized by trembling, as from fear• Odyssey-“Their secret; as she heard it told, her

knees grew tremulous and weak her heart failed her.”

• 2nd-“Before going on stage for the play, she was tremulous and nervous.”