3 rd 9 weeks Bell Ringer Vocabulary SAT Vocab Adulation High Praise Sentence It is obvious that most of the billionaires adulation comes from people who are simply after his money SAT Vocab 2 ID: 768322
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3rd 9 weeks Bell Ringer Vocabulary
SAT Vocab Adulation: High Praise Sentence: It is obvious that most of the billionaire’s adulation comes from people who are simply after his money.
SAT Vocab #2 Abate: To become less in amount or intensity The student’s fears about their research paper were abated when Ms. Gearhart explained that most of the paper would be written in class.
SAT Vocab #3 Belligerent: aggressive, warlike, hostile Roger and Jack showed belligerent attitudes in their desire to harm the other boys on the island.
SAT Vocab #4 Amicable: Friendly, Agreeable The fight between the girls ended on rather amicable terms, with both students deciding to remain friends
SAT Vocab #5 Candor: the quality of being honest and straightforward The student displayed candor when they told the teacher the truth about why they had not done their homework
SAT Vocab #6 Bereft: sorrowful through loss or deprivation She was bereft about the fact that we didn’t have Wednesday schedule.
SAT Vocab #7 Condescending: Possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing The arrogant Harvard student spoke with a condescending voice as he worked with the inner city students that he tutored
SAT Vocab #8 Fortuitous : Happening by luck or fortune The fortuitous gambler chose the right numbers and won the Powerball
SAT Vocab #9 Emulate: To imitate, follow by example If you want to be rich, emulate a wealthy entrepreneur.
SAT Vocab #10 SIT WITH YOUR LIT CIRCLE GROUP TODAY Quiz Friday Hapless: deserving or inciting pity
BR 9/14 Quiz on Friday: Test your knowledge of your vocab. Choose the word from our list that best fits each of the following sentences: It was so _______________ that I happened to find the book that I lost on my grandmother’s coffee table. Always _____________ people that you admire if you want to become like them. The new teacher was very __________. She was easy to get along with. She was _____________ at the loss of her childhood pet. It took weeks for her to feel normal again. The ___________ student was very rude and ended up in ISS for the comments he made in class.
BR 9/15 Quiz tomorrow: Test your knowledge of your vocab. Choose the word from our list that best fits each of the following sentences : The little girl’s fears about monsters were ___________ when her mother checked the closet and found nothing. My older brother always spoke with a _____________ voice when he told me about all of the work he had in college when I complained about high school work. I hate it when he talks down to me. The doctor spoke with ______________ when he told me the bad news. I hated the diagnosis, but I appreciated his honestly. The book jacket had a lot of _____________ directed towards the author. “Her works are amazing!” one critic said. “I wouldn’t speak more highly of any other work” said another. The ____________ student sat crying in the hallway after she found out that she would not be able to pass the class. I felt so bad for her.
9/16 NO Bell Ringer Today: Look over your vocab words! Quiz TODAY
SAT Vocab #11 Exacerbate: to make worse The teacher’s stress was exacerbated by the incoming research papers and her lack of coffee.
SAT VOCAB # 12 Antithesis: exact opposite Slavery is the antithesis of freedom
SAT Vocab #13 Extol: to praise, glorify or honor He got angry when mom would extol all of my accomplishments, but ignored the good things that he had done.
SAT Vocab #14 Insurgent: in opposition to a civil authority or government The insurgents overthrew the president of the foreign country and established a new government.
SAT Vocab #15 Quaint: attractively old fashioned It was a quaint little town with old streets and streetlamps
SAT Vocab #16 Pithy: Concise and full of meaning It is best to end your essays with an interesting, pithy statement that leaves your reader thinking deeply about the topic
SAT Vocab #17 Pugnacious: tough, eager to quarrel, argue or fight The politicians are increasingly pugnacious in the presidential debates.
SAT Vocab #18 Serendipity: an occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way The lottery is won by serendipity, not by planning
SAT Vocab #19 Pariah: A person who is rejected from society or home The criminal was considered a pariah in his community after he was released from jail
SAT Vocab #20 Trite: repeated too often; overfamiliar (loss of impact) through overuse Saying “you’ll get through it” sometimes feels trite when feelings of stress are overwhelming.
Vocab Review (Quiz Word 11-20 Friday) The phrase “Keep your head up!” feels _________ when life is falling apart. The phrase holds little meaning when it is said many times. A short, _________ statement is the best way to start off your paper. It should be full of meaning and catch the reader’s attention. Good is the ____________ of bad. It is the complete opposite. The ____________ twin toddlers fought over who would get to eat the last bit of chocolate chip cookie. The _____________ staged an uprising against the existing government. Their rebellion was successful.
Vocab Review (Quiz Word 11-20 Friday) I loved traveling through the _________ little towns in Switzerland. They had such old-fashioned charm. He felt like a _________ when he wore Musselman colors to a Hedgesville Home game. It was like he was exiled. It was a bit of ____________ that I found an extra 5 dollars in my wallet on the day that students were selling Girl Scout cookies. The virtues of the MVP were __________ at the sports banquet. He deserved such high praise for what he had accomplished. My stress was _____________ at the thought of having to drive during rush hour.
No Bell Ringer Study your vocab words. Quiz today
SAT Vocab #21 Ubiquitous: being present everywhere In the summer months, chickens are ubiquitous at every beachfront hotel in Florida.
SAT Vocab #22 Dirge: A song of grief or mourning Chickens sang a funeral dirge at the memorial service in KFC.
SAT Vocab #23 Elicit : To call forth (intend to cause) an emotion, feeling, or response The sad music during the PETA commercial was intended to elicit an sorrowful response from the chickens
SAT Vocab #24 Philanthropic : of relating to charitable giving The Philanthropic millionaire gave away 20% of his chickens to charity.
SAT Vocab #25 Inane: silly; foolish Because of how inane the chickens were, they found themselves cooking themselves.
SAT Vocab #26 Empirical: Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory The scientists had empirical evidence to back up their theory about why the chicken crossed the road .
SAT Vocab #27 Contrite: Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow The chicken expressed contrite pleas of guilt when she was sentenced to life in prison for eating chicken nuggets (which would, of course, be considered cannibalism in most chicken circles).
SAT Vocab #28 Vitriolic: harsh or corrosive in tone The vitriolic email about the cannibalistic chicken saddened my chicken for weeks .
Vocab #29 Tome: A large and scholarly book Books-a-million had several scholarly tomes detailing the history and traditions of chickens across America.
Vocab #30 Ostracism: The act of excluding someone from society by general consent After she committed the crime, the chicken was ostracized by her friends and family.
No Bell Ringer: Chicken Quiz TOMORROW Look over your words #21-30: Ubiquitous-Ostracism
No BR: Vocab quiz TODAY Look over thy words #21-30: Ubiquitous-Ostracism
SAT Vocab #31 Covet: To envy, to wish, crave, or long for Lady Macbeth coveted the power of being chicken queen.
SAT Vocab #32 Knell: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death The dinner bell was a funeral knell that summons Duncan the Chicken to Heaven or to H ell.
SAT Vocab #33 Impetuous: characterized by haste and lack of thought Romeo and Juliet had impetuous actions, leading them to get chickens quite quickly and then die.
SAT Vocab #34 Rife: excessively abundant Ms. Gearhart’s quizzes tend to be rife with hashtags and chickens.
SAT Vocab #35 Egregious: outstandingly bad; shocking The egregious chickens were the first to go from their various escape attempts.
36 bane
SAT Vocab #37 Utilitarian: having a useful function The chickens could be described as utilitarian. They were not beautiful, but they served their purpose of laying eggs.
SAT Vocab #38 Tirade: A long angry speech of criticism or accusation The chicken went on a tirade about the importance of studying eggs before the inspection.
SAT Vocab #39 Perfunctory: ( adj ) done without energy because it is done out of habit/because it is expected The chicken played a perfunctory performance. The performance was good, yet not with her notable passion.
SAT Vocab #40 Maudlin: self pitying, excessively sentimental (often insincerely) She was a bit maudlin as she was crying into her Kentucky Fried Chicken Bowl after a bad breakup.
SAT Vocab #41 Facetious: joking, often inappropriately, about issues that are serious; being playful with an edge The rude chicken made a facetious remark that the hen whose coop burned down did not need to worry about keeping their coop clean.
SAT Vocab #42 Wily: marked by skill in deception The police tried to catch the wily chicken for several months .
SAT Vocab #43 Ravenous: greedily hungry I was ravenous after not being able to eat chicken for 12 hours
SAT Vocab #44 Rescind: to cancel officially The CEO rescinded the job offer to the chicken when he saw the inappropriate material posted on his social media accounts.
SAT Vocab #45 Indoctrinate: to teach a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically The captain chicken indoctrinated all the chicks the proper egg laying technique to set their short life off right.
SAT Vocab #46 Frugal: Thrifty, cheap A frugal chicken always knows where the prices are best and how to use eggs well.
SAT Vocab # 47 Insidious: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects . Treacherous and crafty The insidious chicken put out eggs and candy to entrap naïve roosters.
SAT Vocab #48 Intrepid: Fearless, adventurous The intrepid chicken parachuted out of the airplane
SAT Vocab #49 Censure: To criticize harshly The rebel was censured for the chicken’s inappropriate words at the rally. She was then put in the oven.
SAT Vocab #50--- last set of vocab for the year! Debunk: to expose as incorrect while ridiculing The chickens debunk a lot of urban myths on TV
SAT Vocab #51 Quixotic: Not sensible about practical matters Although Jack’s plan for killing the giant was quixotic, it was the village’s only hope.
SAT Vocab #52 Resilient: Quick to Recover, able to withstand or recover from difficult situations The family was resilient because of their close bonds. Even though the storm destroyed their house, they were back to normal helping their neighbors clean up as well.