Rate the vocabulary words…Contagious

Epidemic

Impact

Internal

Resistance

Quarantine

Pandemic

Feasible

Convergence

Discredit

Vocabulary Week #8 Contagious

(adj) spreadable by touch or through the air

Epidemic (n) rapid spread of a disease among

many people

Impact (n) an effect or result

Internal (adj) inside of something; building,

body, etc.

Resistance (n) ability to fight off or overcome

something

Quarantine (n) strict isolation of someone/

something

Pandemic (adj) spread throughout a country,

continent or the world

Feasible (adj) possible

Convergence (n) separate elements (things) coming

or joining together

Discredit (v) harm the reputation, dishonor or

disgrace

Rate the vocabulary words…Hyperbole

Denotation

Genre

Assonance

Apprehensive

Brevity

Cite

Elucidate

Ineffable

Magnanimous

Vocabulary Week #9 Hyperbole

(n) obvious exaggeration, ex. "wait for an eternity”

Denotation (n) explicit or direct meaning of

something

Genre (n) kind, sort, style, category

Assonance (adj) repetition of similar vowel sounds

in neighboring words, ex. “I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless”

Apprehensive (adj) anxious, fearful about the future

Brevity (n) brief, short in time or duration

Cite (v) to quote as an authority or

example

Elucidate (v) to make clear, to explain

Ineffable (adj) cannot be described or

expressed

Magnanimous (adj) forgiving, unselfish

Rate the vocabulary words…Accentuate

Bane

Callous

Delve

Evasion

Fallacy

Grotesque

Idiom

Laborious

Malady

Vocabulary Week #10 Accentuate

(v) to emphasize, highlight importance

Bane (n) curse, person or thing that ruins

or spoils

Callous (v) hard, unsympathetic, uncaring

Delve (v) to investigate, search, dig

Evasion (n) avoidance, escape (v) evade

Fallacy (n) misleading, false, deception

Grotesque (adj) ugly, odd, bizarre, absurd

Idiom (n) an expression that’s meaning is

not literal - Ex. “All In The Same Boat” or “A Piece of Cake”

Laborious (adj) requiring hard work and effort

Malady (n) a disorder or disease

Rate the vocabulary words…Brusquely

Contemplate

Debris

Mimicked

Morose

Mottled

Stilted

Wearily

Bindle

Juncture

Vocabulary Week #11 Brusquely

(adj) to do quickly, rudely

Contemplate (v) to think about for a period of

time

Debris (n) remains, pieces of

Mimicked (ing) (v) to imitate or copy

Morose (adj) to act in a sad, gloomy

manner

Mottled (adj) having a variety of colors like

marble; cat or duck coloring

Stilted (adj) stiffly dignified or formal

Wearily (adv) tired; acting in a tired way

Bindle (n) a bundle of items rolled up inside a

blanket and carried over shoulder of back

Juncture (n) place where two things come

together