PPT-Vocab lesson 9

By Adib Sabbagh shrew A mouse like animal that eats insects a badtempered nagging woman lucrative profitable producing money or wealth Synonyms profitable profitmaking gainful remunerative moneymaking paying highincome . The . Crucible . & Catcher. Terse (. adj. ) . - describes when someone speaks abruptly and rudely. Calumny (n). . - defamation; slander/libel; false accusations meant to ruin someone. Arbitrate (v). Into the Wild. 1. Affluent (. adj. ). - wealthy. 2. Emulate (v). - to strive to equal or surpass an example of something. 3. Asceticism (n). - quality of depriving oneself of luxuries; simplicity; anti-materialism. : . Poetry/. The . Great . Gatsby. 1. . Feign (v)- . to make believe; pretend. 2. . Supercilious. . (. adj. )- . arrogant; smug. 3. . . Complacent. . (. adj. )- . smug or comfortable, without awareness of some potential danger or defect. Level D, . Pds. . 3, 7 & 8. 1. abscond. Connotation:. 2. . access. Connotation:. Unit . 4. Vocab (pp. 52-53). 4. arduous. Connotation:. 3. anarchy. Connotation:. 6. daunt. Connotation:. 5. auspicious. Week 3. . Reiterate. In an attempt to preserve what precious little sanity I have left, I rarely reiterate directions. . Verb. Pacify. We tried to pacify the baby by rocking her until she stopped crying. . Trench Warfare. Schlieffen Plan. U Boats. TASK. Get into groups of two or three. You have one minute to decide how to act out these vocab words SILENTLY!. Act out for class and share why you acted it out the way you did according to the definition. : . The Great Gatsby. 1. . Feign (v)- . to make believe; pretend. 2. . Supercilious. . (. adj. )- . arrogant; smug. 3. . . Complacent. . (. adj. )- . smug or comfortable, without awareness of some potential danger or defect. 2. : . Catcher in the Rye. 1.. . Hemorrhage (n). - a widespread or uncontrolled loss of something (usually blood). 2.. . Ostracized (v/. adj. ). – excluded from a group; embarrassed. 3. .. . Pacifist (n). CP English, Logan. Vocabulary Words:. 1. dentifrice. 2. . Casarean. section . 3. salamander. 4. cadenced. 5. latrine. 6. perfunctorily. 7. filigree. 8. gibber. 9. bobbin. 10. harlequin. What To Do with each vocab word:. Level D, . Pds. . 3, 7 & 8. 1. adjourn. Connotation:. 2. . alien. Connotation:. Unit __ Vocab (pp. __). 4. . compensate. Connotation:. 3. . . c. omely. Connotation:. 6.erratic. Connotation:. 5. . dissolute. 1A. 1. A, D. 2. C, B. 3. C, D. 4. C, B. 5. B, A. 6. C, B. 7. D, B. 8. C, A. 9. A, D. 10. B, C. 1B. 1. EXCRUCIATING. 2. BRUSQUENESS. 3. TURBULENT. 4. DEMEAN. 5. PROPRIETOR. 6. REBUFFED. 7. AVID. 8. RESILIENT. augment. augury. . avarice. . balm. beguile. bestow. blanch. blasphemous. buffeted. . censure. champion (verb). chide. . clamor. cloister (verb). confound. corporeal. . daunt. deft. diminution. Please get out your vocab and get ready for unit 4!. Make sure these are going in your binder under the vocab tab. Inkling (n).  – a hint; a vague notion. ​I had an inkling that the game time was going to be moved because of the clouds rolling in.. List. Phaedrus’ Fables. A fable is a story in which . animals. speak and act like human beings.. Usually the fable illustrates a . moral. .. The most famous writer of fables was the Greek writer, .