QUARTER 2 VOCABULARY

LESSON 8

OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1

1. FASTIDIOUS

Fastidious people are extremely neat and picky about details.

2. AWRY

If something goes awry, it fails to happen in the way it was planned.

3. GINGERLY

When you do something gingerly, you do it carefully because you are nervous about making a mistake or getting hurt.

4. MALICIOUS

A malicious person wants to hurt others or cause them pain.

5. MOCK

Someone who mocks you imitates you in order to make fun of you.

6. FABRICATION

A fabrication is something that is created, not natural

7. INHABIT

If you inhabit a place, you live there

8. AFFIX

When something is affixed, it is attached to something else.

9. INCIPIENT

Something that is incipient is just beginning to happen.

10. MUTATE

If something mutates, it changes into some new, usually strange, form.

LESSON 9

NOVEMBER 4-8

1. PHENOMENON

A phenomenon is a rare or unusually important event.

2. REPLETE

Something that is replete is almost completely filled.

3. ELUDE

If you elude something that is chasing you, you escape from it using cleverness and skill.

4. SKEPTICAL

If you are skeptical about something, you doubt that it’s true.

5. CREDIBLE

Someone or something that is credible can be trusted or believed.

6. DEBUNK

If you debunk some idea or belief that people have, you show proof that it is not true or real.

7. SUBSTANTIAL

When there is a substantial amount of something, there is a lot of it.

8. IMPLAUSIBLE

A story that is implausible is so unlikely that it’s hard to believe.

9. CONJECTURE

A conjecture is an opinion you form without much proof.

10. FRAUDULENT

If someone’s words or actions are fraudulent, they are meant to be false or dishonest.