Vocab List #7

Vocab List #7Dane Mui

Cody KlansnicJake Lindahl

Gunnar Erickson

SynthesizeoVerb

oTo form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements ( opposed to analyze)

oBook sentence: “You see here the proof that I have found a way of synthesizing these anti-stories, and these shadow-tales.”

oMy Sentence: “A writer takes all of his thoughts and ideas and synthesizes them to create a work of art.”

InsipidoAdjective

oWithout distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities.

oBook sentence: “‘Switch on the darkness!’ screeched Khattam-Shud, his usual, insipid manner falling away from him like a mask.”

oMy sentence: “The large beast was very furious and had a insipid personality.”

o Verb

o To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture.

o The book’s example: “Before the ‘darkbulbs’ had been switched on, he had reached the gigantic machine, having eluded numbers of Chupwala guards .”

o My example: “ When I hit my older brother I eluded him by running down stairs and locking my door as fast as I could.”

Elude

o Adjective

o Unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to)

o The book’s example: “Haroun lay stretched out on the back of Butt the Hoopoe, oblivious of everything except his wish.”

o My example “When my friend was driving he was oblivious to the fact that he was drifting across lanes.”

Oblivious

ConsternationoNoun

oA sudden, alarming amazement that results in confusion

oBook sentence: “If Haroun had been in Gup City at that moment, he would have enjoyed witnessing the consternation of the Eggheads at the P2C2E House.

oMy sentence: “The scuffle between the cow and the ninja left the farmer in consternation and utter disbelief of what he just saw.”

ChivalryoNoun

oThe rules and customs of medieval knighthood

oBook sentence: “Silence, Page! The rules of chivalry demand our acceptance!”

oMy sentence: “For his final test, the young knight in training had to swear to follow the rules of chivalry.”

InscrutableAdjective

Not easily understood or analyzed

Book Sentence: “The Shadow Warrior had been observing these goings on with an utterly inscrutable expression on his green face.”

My Sentence: “It was easy to tell that the teacher’s lecture was inscrutable by the blank looks on her students’ faces.”

MinionoNoun

oSubordinate of a person in power.

oBook Sentence: “Come out; your minions are defeated, and now it’s your turn!”

oMy Sentence: “The King and his minions conquered the small town.”

IncapacitatedoAdjective

oUnable to act, or respond

oBook Sentence: “Meanwhile, they were sent to search the Ocean, and after a short time they located the incapacitated Hoopoe.”

oMy Sentence: “The incapacitated man was unable to answer the phone because he was eating.”

Judiciously oAdverb

oWise in handling practical matters; prudent, cautious

oBook Sentence: “The Walrus nodded slowly and judiciously, seven times.”

oMy Sentence: “Odysseus, a wise hero, was able to judiciously escape from the Cyclops’ cave.”