English I honors Lesson 6 Vocabulary - PowerPoint Presentation

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English I honors

Lesson 6 VocabularySlide2

1.

Atone-

to make up for

At one time or another, everyone has done something he or she needs to

atone

for.

2.

Bondage

- slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Many people escaped the cruel

bondage

of slavery with the help of the Underground Railroad.

3.

Credible

- Believable

Do you have a

credible

explanation for not completing your assignment on time? Slide3

4.

Defray

- to pay

f

or

Corporate sponsors helped to

defray

the cost of the charity’s annual telethon.

5.

Diligent

- hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Diligent

employees are likely to be well rewarded for their dedication and hard work.

6.

Doleful

- sad; dreary

One look at the players’

doleful

faces told me that the team had lost the championship game. Slide4

7.

Ghastly

- frightful, horrible, deathly pale

Some people are almost afraid to go to sleep because they suffer from

ghastly

recurring nightmares.

8.

Hamper

- to hold back

Poor grades will

hamper

you in your effort to get a college education.

9.

Hew

- to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Even in crisis, we must

hew

to this nation’s principles of liberty, equality, and justice.Slide5

10.

Impoverished

- poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

After World War II,

impoverished

European countries received U.S. aid under the Marshall Plan.

11.

Incessant

- never stopping, going on all the time

The loud and

incessant

chatter of the people at the next table made it hard for us to hear each other.

12.

Intricate

- complicated; difficult to understand

Our teacher took us through the

intricate

solution to the equation step by step.Slide6

13.

Lucid-

easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

The ability to speak in a

lucid

an persuasive fashion is a great asset to a politician.

14.

Posthumous

- occurring or published after death

Many artists and writers have been ignored during their lifetimes only to achieve

posthumous

fame.

15.

Prim

-overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

How is it that such a

prim

and tidy person and such a messy one can be such good friends.Slide7

16.

Sardoni

c- grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Great satirists save their most

sardonic

wit for the greedy, the corrupt, and the hypocritical.

17.

Superfluous

-exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

Neat and well-organized people know how to eliminate all

superfluous

clutter.Slide8

18.

Supplant

- to take the place of, supersede

Computers rapidly

supplanted

typewriters in the workplace, just as photocopies replaced carbon paper.

19

. Taunt-

to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark

For umpires and referees, the

taunts

of angry fans are just part of the job.

20.

Tenacious

- holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

Athletes must be

tenacious

in the pursuit of excellence if they hope to become Olympic champions.Slide9

Sentences

1. His feverish and_ activity cannot hide the fact that he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

Incessant

2. _ by the weight I had gained over the summer, I was dropped from the basketball team after the first practice session.

Hampered

3.Even after the most systematic and_ search, we could not find the missing document.

Diligent Slide10

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. In some early societies, people who had committed certain crimes could_ for them by paying sums of money to their victims.

Atone

5. Royalties from a novel that is published_ normally go to the author’s estate

Posthumously Slide11

Assignment

Choose 10 words from the vocabulary list. Write a sentence using each word. You are not allowed to use the following words:

Incessant

Hampered

Posthumously

Diligent

Atone