Vocabulary Unit 3

Words 11 - 158th Grade

The new employee had a myriad of papers on his desk.

Myriad:

(adj.) in very great numbers;

(n.) a very great amount

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs is told from the Wolf’s perspective.

 

Perspective:

(n.) point of view; sense of proportion

It perturbs my mother when I drink directly from the milk carton. She yells

at me!

Perturb:(v.) upset, agitated

It took a prodigious amount of work for the ancient Egyptians to build the

pyramids.

Prodigious:

(adj.) tremendous

Is your question about our next day off from school relevant to vocabulary?

Relevant:

(adj.) related to the matter at hand