REVIEW OF VOCABULARY PROCEDURE

Every Monday you will receive 20 vocabulary words that you will be tested on, the following Monday (or Tuesday if there is no school Monday )

You will copy the 20 words, their definitions, part of speech, and synonyms and antonyms by the end of the class period every Monday

*If you receive a 90% on the test from the previous week you may opt out

We will go over the words as a class, via power point, the day they are assigned or the Friday before the test and before you take the test.

You will receive 10 points extra credit for making flash cards- due at the time of the test.

If you are caught cheating; you will receive a zero, your parents will be notified, and you will be written up.

How do we use the vocab book?Units in corner!

Checking out a vocab book:After school, due the next day in class

After schools assigned until book is returnedTests can be retaken or made up anytime before school, after school, or at lunch if

scheduled ahead of time

1. Approbation: (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official

approval

Synonyms: commendation (to commend), sanctionAntonyms: disapproval, condemnation (to condemn), censure

*prefix “dis”

2. Assuage: (v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to,

appease, satisfy, quench

Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allayAntonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

*what types of settings/situations might these words be used for?

3. Coalition: (n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combineAntonyms: splinter group

*give me an example of each!

4. Decadence: (n) decline, decay, or deteriation; a condition or period of decline or decay;

excessive self-indulgence *what does the prefix “de” mean?

*how do the 2 parts of this definition relate to each other?

Synonyms: degeneration, corruptionAntonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation

*how do the antonyms help you understand the word better?

5. Elicit: (v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

*what situations would this be used in?

Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educeAntonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

6. Expostulate: (v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

*give me an example!

Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain

7. Hackneyed: (adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

*any examples?

Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, cornyAntonyms: new, fresh, novel, original

8. Hiatus: (n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

Synonyms: pause, lacunaAntonyms: continuity, continuation

9. Innuendo: (n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

*what does “often in a derogatory sense” mean?*Give me an example

Synonyms: insinuation, intimation *what does the prefix “im” mean?

Antonyms: direct statement

10. Intercede: (v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-

between in an agreement

Synonyms: intervene, mediate

Review!What is a good trick for using a

definition to find out if a word is a verb?

11. Jaded: (adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

*what is this word usually used to describe?

Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyedAntonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed

*what does the prefix “un” mean?

12. Lurid: (adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color;

terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint*give me some good examples!

Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastlyAntonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

13. Meritorious: (adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendableAntonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable

*what does the prefix “dis” mean?

14. Petulant: (adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

*what sort of things might this word describe?

Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspishAntonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

15. Prerogative: (n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

Synonyms: perquisite, perk

16. Provincial: (adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple,

plain design that originated in the countryside; (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or a colony

Synonyms: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naiveAntonyms: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded

17. Simulate: (v) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

Synonyms: feign, pretend, affect*what is the difference between affecting and effecting?

18. Transcend: (v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Synonyms: surpass, outstrip

19. Umbrage: (n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing

influence of power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyanceAntonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

20. Unctuous: (adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of

earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable

Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasyAntonyms: gruff, blunt

Review Latin: dis im un