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Unit 7  Vocabulary Quiz 11/17 Unit 7  Vocabulary Quiz 11/17

Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz 11/17 - PowerPoint Presentation

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Unit 7 Vocabulary Gallant adj brave and noble The soldiers fought gallantly Fray n noisy fight The neighbors heard a fray happening next door Martial adj military ID: 759306

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Slide1

Unit 7

Vocabulary

Quiz 11/17

Slide2

Unit 7 Vocabulary

Gallant (adj.) – brave and noble.

The soldiers fought

gallantly.

Fray (n.) – noisy fight.

The neighbors heard a

fray

happening next door.

Martial (adj.) – military.

The teacher was quite

martial.

Exile (v.) – banish.

The traitor was

exiled

from the community

Eloquence

(adj.)

– speech that is graceful and persuasive.

Barack Obama spoke

eloquently.

Slide3

Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.)

Fickle (adj.) – changeable.

Teenagers can be quite

fickle

.

Pensive (adj.) – deeply thoughtful.

The pastor’s message was quite

pensive.

Vial (n.) – small bottle containing medicine or other liquids.

The doctor gave the sick child a

vial

of cough medicine.

Loathsome (adj.) – disgusting; detestable.

Cancer is a

loathsome

disease.

Dismal (adj.) – causing gloom or misery.

The pop quiz made the class feel

dismal.

Slide4

Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.)

Scourge (n.) – a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.

The

scourge

of mass employment.

Ambiguous (adj.) –lacking clearness or definiteness; obscure; indistinct.

John’s text was quite

ambiguous.

Haughty (adj.) – arrogant.

The

haughty

football player did not perform well Friday night.

Disperse (v.) – to break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely.

The party

dispersed

once the cops arrived.

Penury (n.) – extreme poverty.

Sometimes we take for granted those in

penury.

Slide5

Unit 7 Vocabulary (cont.)

Remnants (n.) – what is left over; remainders.

The coroner used the

remnants

of the soldier to identify the victim.

Wayward (adj.) – headstrong.

Some teenagers are quite

wayward

in their beliefs.

Enjoined (v.) – ordered.

He was

enjoined

by his conscience from telling a lie.

Garish (adj.) – tastelessly showy.

The outfit the woman was wearing was quite

garish.

Purgatory (n.) – a temporary state of the dead; neither Heaven or Hell.

Once they die, some criminals will live in

purgatory

.