pique buoyant parochial incorrigible marred satirical partisan inexorable irrefutable enervate TEN WORDS IN CONTEXT Choose the meaning closest to that of the ID: 662199
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Unit Four: Chapter 16 Place the words be..." is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Unit Four: Chapter 16Place the words below in Alphabetical Order
•
pique
•
buoyant
•
parochial
•
incorrigible
•
marred
•
satirical
•
partisan
•
inexorable
•
irrefutable
•
enervateSlide2
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
–
adjective
• Helium balloons are buoyant because the helium gas in them is lighter than air. • To help her daughter float in the pool, Barbara bought her a swimsuit that has a buoyant tube around the waist.
Buoyant meansA. capable of floating. B. tending to sink. C. invisible.
1 buoyant
Photos:
NASA (top), Marilyn Peddle (bottom)Slide3
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
–
adjective
• Helium balloons are buoyant because the helium gas in them is lighter than air. • To help her daughter float in the pool, Barbara bought her a swimsuit that has a buoyant tube around the waist.
Buoyant meansA. capable of floating. B. tending to sink. C. invisible.
1 buoyant
Photos:
NASA (top), Marilyn Peddle (bottom)
Balloons are
capable of floating
in air.
A tube that is
capable
of floating
in water could help a child float in a pool.Slide4
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
2
enervate
– verb• The doctor warned me that my husband’s medication might enervate him. “While he’s taking it,” she said, “just let him rest as much as he needs to.”
• The heat wave completely enervated Janine. By the sixth day of 90-degree temperatures, she could barely drag herself out of bed. Enervate meansA. to frighten. B.
to exhaust. C. to awaken.Slide5
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
2
enervate
– verb• The doctor warned me that my husband’s medication might enervate him. “While he’s taking it,” she said, “just let him rest as much as he needs to.”
• The heat wave completely enervated Janine. By the sixth day of 90-degree temperatures, she could barely drag herself out of bed. Enervate meansA. to frighten. B.
to exhaust. C. to
awaken.
The word
rest
suggests that the medicine might
exhaust
the patient. If Janine could barely drag herself out of bed, she must have been
exhausted
. Slide6
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
3
incorrigible
–
adjective• The dog trainer shook her head in frustration. “I’ll give you your money back,” she told Prince’s owners. “This dog is incorrigible. I can’t teach him a thing.” •
Jake has lost many friends because he is such an incorrigible practical joker. He hides frogs in people’s beds, puts tacks on their chairs, and sprinkles “sneezing powder” on their food. Incorrigible meansA. incurable. B. intelligent.
C. influential. Slide7
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
3
incorrigible
–
adjective• The dog trainer shook her head in frustration. “I’ll give you your money back,” she told Prince’s owners. “This dog is incorrigible. I can’t teach him a thing.” •
Jake has lost many friends because he is such an incorrigible practical joker. He hides frogs in people’s beds, puts tacks on their chairs, and sprinkles “sneezing powder” on their food. Incorrigible meansA. incurable. B. intelligent.
C. influential.
If even a
professional trainer couldn’t teach the dog to be more manageable, then his misbehavior was incurable. If Jake didn’t stop playing tricks even after his pranks cost him many friends,
then
he was an
incurable
practical joker. Slide8
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
4
inexorable
– adjective• Although my grandmother is still in pretty good health, old age is taking its slow, inexorable toll on her.
• The Martins have an inexorable rule against smoking in their home—no one is allowed to do it, ever. Inexorable meansA. lenient. B. unyielding.
C. not exact. Slide9
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
4
inexorable
– adjective• Although my grandmother is still in pretty good health, old age is taking its slow, inexorable toll on her.
• The Martins have an inexorable rule against smoking in their home—no one is allowed to do it, ever. Inexorable meansA. lenient. B. unyielding.
C. not exact.
The effects of old age are
unyielding; not even good health can forever prevent the damage and decline caused by the aging process. If no one ever is allowed to smoke in the house, then the no-smoking rule is unyielding
. Slide10
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
5
irrefutable
– adjective• “It’s irrefutable!” Mike said. “I saw it with my own eyes in a magazine at the supermarket! Humans are definitely being kidnapped by aliens from Saturn!”
• Although many people claim to have seen the Loch Ness monster, no one has ever come up with irrefutable proof that any such creature exists. Irrefutable meansA. easy to understand. B. unprejudiced.
C. indisputable. Slide11
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
5
irrefutable
– adjective• “It’s irrefutable!” Mike said. “I saw it with my own eyes in a magazine at the supermarket! Humans are definitely being kidnapped by aliens from Saturn!”
• Although many people claim to have seen the Loch Ness monster, no one has ever come up with irrefutable proof that any such creature exists. Irrefutable meansA. easy to understand. B. unprejudiced.
C. indisputable.
Mike thinks the evidence that aliens are kidnapping humans is “definitely” true and
indisputable
because he saw it in a magazine. Claims about a monster are contrasted with
indisputable
proof of its existence.
Slide12
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
6
marred
–
verb• The shore, once so peaceful and lovely, is now marred by a row of fast-food stands. •
The automobile company’s reputation was marred when it was learned that executives had ignored a dangerous problem with the cars’ brakes. Marred meansA. improved. B. disguised.
C. damaged.
Photo:
Roger McLachlanSlide13
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
6
marred
–
verb• The shore, once so peaceful and lovely, is now marred by a row of fast-food stands. •
The automobile company’s reputation was marred when it was learned that executives had ignored a dangerous problem with the cars’ brakes. Marred meansA. improved. B. disguised.
C. damaged.
Photo: Roger McLachlan
The peaceful natural shoreline was damaged by
commercial businesses
.
The company’s reputation was
damaged
by its executives’ negligence.Slide14
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
7
parochial
– adjective• Many young people arrive at college with little knowledge of the world, but meeting students and instructors from other places and other cultures helps them overcome their parochial outlook.
• Aunt Violet is interested only in her small circle of family and friends. When we tell her she has a parochial attitude, she says, “I don’t know about other people, and I don’t care.” Parochial meansA. timid. B. limited.
C. lacking enthusiasm. Slide15
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
7
parochial
– adjective• Many young people arrive at college with little knowledge of the world, but meeting students and instructors from other places and other cultures helps them overcome their parochial outlook.
• Aunt Violet is interested only in her small circle of family and friends. When we tell her she has a parochial attitude, she says, “I don’t know about other people, and I don’t care.” Parochial meansA. timid. B. limited.
C. lacking enthusiasm.
If first year students have little knowledge of the world, then their outlooks are
limited. Since the aunt limits her interest and concern to only a small circle of people, her attitude toward people is limited
.Slide16
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
8
partisan
–
adjective• The League of Women Voters is not partisan. In every election, it remains neutral and provides information about all the candidates.• Rachel’s highly
partisan comments sometimes annoy her friends, but her strong views might make her a real asset to a debating team. Partisan meansA. uncaring. B. objective. C.
one-sided. Slide17
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
8
partisan
–
adjective• The League of Women Voters is not partisan. In every election, it remains neutral and provides information about all the candidates.• Rachel’s highly
partisan comments sometimes annoy her friends, but her strong views might make her a real asset to a debating team. Partisan meansA. uncaring. B. objective. C. one-sided.
If the League of Women Voters is politically neutral, it is not
one-sided
. Rachel annoys her friends by making one-sided comments that express her strong views.Slide18
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
9
pique
– noun• When her husband told her that she talked too much, a Frenchwoman retorted, “Very well; I’ll never talk again.” Her pique lasted the rest of her life; despite the pleas of her family, she went to her grave still silent.
• Macy’s art project got more attention than Laila’s. Out of pique, Laila told people that Macy had stolen the idea for the project from someone else. Pique meansA. a sense of injury. B. a sense of duty.
C. a sense of humor.Slide19
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
9
pique
– noun• When her husband told her that she talked too much, a Frenchwoman retorted, “Very well; I’ll never talk again.” Her pique lasted the rest of her life; despite the pleas of her family, she went to her grave still silent.
• Macy’s art project got more attention than Laila’s. Out of pique, Laila told people that Macy had stolen the idea for the project from someone else. Pique meansA. a sense of injury. B. a sense of duty.
C. a sense of humor.
The woman must have felt
a strong sense of injury if her pride was so wounded by her husband’s remark that she never spoke another word. Laila must
have felt
a
strong
sense of injury
if she resented the other artist’s success so much that she accused her of plagiarism.Slide20
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
10
satirical
– adjective• The TV shows The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart take a satirical
look at current events, mixing political criticism with humor.• The governor was angry about a satirical article in the newspaper that amused readers by making fun of his many broken promises. Satirical meansA. admiring. B. c
riticizing through ridiculeC.
boring.
Photo: Infrogmation of New OrleansSlide21
TEN WORDS IN CONTEXTChoose the meaning closest to that of the
boldfaced
word.
10
satirical
– adjective• The TV shows The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart take a satirical
look at current events, mixing political criticism with humor.• The governor was angry about a satirical article in the newspaper that amused readers by making fun of his many broken promises. Satirical meansA. admiring. B.
criticizing through ridicule.C.
boring.
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans
The phrase “criticism with humor” suggests the shows are
criticizing
events
through ridicule
.
The article making fun of the governor’s failures was
criticizing
him
through
ridicule
.