Let’s Improve That Vocabulary!
English 9 Unit 2
Isn’t this fun?
• adjourn (v.)
• to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place
• feint (n.)
• a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense;
• (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
You’ll be good at the dictionary game after this.• fortify (v.)
• to strengthen, build up
• subjugate (v.)
• to conquer by force, bring under complete control
• unflinching (adj.)
• firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
We need to fortify our vocabulary!• jeer (v.)
• to make fun of rudely or unkindly;
• (n.) a rude remark of derision
• alien
• (n.) a citizen of another country;
• (adj.) foreign, strange
It’s not time to adjourn yet.
• erratic
• (adj.) not regular or consistent;
• different from what is ordinarily expected;
• Undependable
• fodder
• (n.) food for horses or cattle;
• raw material for a designated purpose
Though erratic, Animal proved to be a good addition to the Stones.
Learning makes you smarter
• (adj.) not regular or consistent; • different from what is ordinarily expected; • Undependable• erratic
• (n.) food for horses or cattle; • raw material for a designated purpose• fodder
• to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place
• adjourn (v.)
• (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense;
• (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
• feint
My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. – Steven Wright
• (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly;
• (n.) a rude remark of derision
• jeer
• (n.) a citizen of another country;
• (adj.) foreign, strange
• alien
Your brain can’t be full!
• to strengthen, build up
• fortify (v.)
• to conquer by force, bring under complete control
• subjugate (v.)
• firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
• unflinching (adj.)
I’m not comfortable with the speed scorpions proliferate.
The more you memorize, the easier memorizing becomes.• sully (v.)
• to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
• compensate (v.)
• to make up for; to repay for services
• mediocre (adj.)
• average, ordinary, undistinguished
Are you feeling smarter yet?
• tantalize (v.)
• to tease, torment by teasing
• comely (adj.)
• having a pleasing appearance
• illegible (adj.)
• difficult or impossible to read
It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it. – Steven Wright
• terse (adj.)
• brief and to the point
• proliferate (v.)
• to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
• lucrative (adj.)
• bringing in money, profitable
Is that all you’ve got?
• expulsion (n.)
• the process of driving or forcing out
• dissolute (adj.)
• loose in one’s morals or behavior
The transportation business was not lucrative, so drivers packed on as many customers as they could.
I could do this by myself . . .
• the process of driving or forcing out
• expulsion (n.)
• loose in one’s morals or behavior
• dissolute (adj.)
What is red and looks like a fire truck?• to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
• sully (v.)
• average, ordinary, undistinguished
• mediocre (adj.)
• to make up for; to repay for services
• compensate (v.)
A fire truck, of course!
• brief and to the point
• terse (adj.)
• to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
• proliferate (v.)
• bringing in money, profitable
• lucrative (adj.)
Congratulations, you know more than you did earlier.• to tease, torment by teasing
• tantalize (v.)
• having a pleasing appearance
• comely (adj.)
• difficult or impossible to read
• illegible (adj.)
It took years before humans were able to subjugate the South American Tapir.