By Zach Tom Anna Chloe Disdainful Adjective Definition Scornful disdain bitter disrespectful And one disdainful suitor added this May his fortune grow and inch for every inch he bends it ID: 242948
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Vocab Presentation
By: Zach, Tom, Anna, Chloe Slide2
Disdainful
Adjective
Definition: Scornful, disdain, bitter, disrespectful
“And one disdainful suitor added this: ‘May his fortune grow and inch for every inch he bends it!’”
One disdainful man couldn’t go along with the plan, because he disagreed and rudely protested.Slide3
Commandeer
Verb
Definition: to seize and boldly take by force
“My lords, hear me: suitors indeed, you commandeered this house too feast and drink in, day and night, my husband being long gone, long out of mind”
The pirates commandeered the boat when they saw the gold on it.Slide4
Adversity
Noun
Definition: misfortune, challenges and hardship
“I bore adversities, but in the twentieth year I am ashore in my own land.”
I accepted my adversities, when the pirates boarded the ship.Slide5
Lavished
verb
Definition: to
expend or give in great amounts
or without
limit
.
“… just so, she lavished beauty over Odysseus’ head and shoulders.”
During the feast, Tom lavished love over his over his family.Slide6
Restitution
Noun
Definition: reparation
made by giving an
equivalent or
compensation for loss
, damage
, or
injury caused; to pay back, make up for something
“As for ourselves, we’ll make restitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and cold to warm your heart. Meanwhile we cannot blame you for your anger.”
Ill make restitution of all the things that were destroyed in the argument with Tom.Slide7
Revelry
Noun
Definition: merriment; festivity, a lively celebration
“In that revelry amid his throng of friends who would imagine a single foe—though a strong foe indeed—could dare to bring death’s pain on him and darkness on his eyes?”
The revelry from the house across the street could be heard from miles away.Slide8
Implacable
Adjective
Def:
relentless;
unstoppable;
cannot
be calmed or soothed
Friends,” he said, “the man is implacable”
On the lacrosse field during a championship my brother was implacable as there was only 2:00
minutes
on the clock and they were tied.
Johnny's implacable cry could not be soothed by his mother. Slide9
Revulsion
Noun
Definition
: disgust for something
Revulsion, anguish in his heart, with both feet kicking out, he downed his chair, while the shrouding wave of mist closed on his eyes.
Bob displayed revulsion when he saw the putrefying creature that was rotting in the garbage can. Slide10
Aloof
adjective
Definition: at a distance, especially in feeling or interest
“Who else in the world would keep
aloof
as you do from her husband if he returned to her from tears of trouble, cast on his own land in the twentieth year
?”
After the friends got in a fight last year they
kept
aloof and hang out with different friends now.Slide11
Tremulous
Adjective
Definition: trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness
“Their secret! As she heard it told, her knees grew tremulous and weak, her heart failed her
.”
Before she performed on stage her whole body became tremulous and she got a sick feeling in her stomach.