Week 3 Days 1 amp 2 LOATHE DEFINITION To hate or despise PART OF SPEECH Verb SENTENCE My mom loathes mice REPRIMAND DEFINITION To show sharp formal disapproval PART OF SPEECH ID: 324868
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VOCABULARY
Week 3 Days 1 & 2Slide2
LOATHE
DEFINITION:
To hate or despise
PART OF SPEECH:
VerbSENTENCE: My mom loathes mice.Slide3
REPRIMAND
DEFINITION:
To show sharp, formal disapproval
PART OF SPEECH:
VerbSENTENCE: The teacher reprimanded the whole class for disrupting the guest speaker.Slide4
LACKLUSTER
DEFINITION:
Dull, Uninspired
PART OF SPEECH:
AdjectiveSENTENCE: The gray skies contributed to a lackluster day.Slide5
CAUSTIC
DEFINITION:
Sarcastic, Biting, Severely Critical
PART OF SPEECH:
AdjectiveSENTENCE:
Billy was hurt when he overheard the caustic remarks his peers said about him.Slide6
WREST
DEFINITION:
To take or move by force
PART OF SPEECH: VerbSENTENCE:
The troops must wrest themselves free from the grip of their opponents.
On June 6, 1944 (aka “D-Day”), 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Slide7
INFAMOUS
DEFINITION:
Having an extremely bad reputation
PART OF SPEECH:
AdjectiveSENTENCE: Jack the Ripper has an infamous reputation for gruesome murders. Slide8
JOSTLE
DEFINITION:
To shove hard or collide
PART OF SPEECH:
VerbSENTENCE: The quarterback was jostled on the field.Slide9
DUPE
DEFINITION:
A person easily tricked
PART OF SPEECH:
NounSENTENCE: April Fool’s Day proved that the professor was a dupe!Slide10
INCIPIENT
DEFINITION:
Just beginning to exist or develop
PART OF SPEECH:
AdjectiveSENTENCE: I need to consume lots of vitamin C to stop this incipient cold.Slide11
INADVERTENT
DEFINITION:
Careless and not attentive
PART OF SPEECH:
ADJECTIVESENTENCE: Marcy made the inadvertent mistake of copying down the wrong notes for the upcoming vocabulary test. Slide12
IDIOM: CROCODILE TEARS
MEANING:
Insincere crying
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TearsSentence: Kids often produce crocodile tears to manipulate their parents. Sunning crocodiles often keep their mouths wide open and this pressurizes the tear glands to shed tears. It is thought that these fake tears - not produced from any emotional response - help in digesting the meal.Slide13
IDIOM: TO CARRY THE DAY
MEANING:
To
win the approval of the
majoritySentence: The president’s speech influenced many voters, which proved he carried the day.