Weeks 916 Vocabulary Word of the Week 9 Discretion Part of speech noun Definition good sense Sample Sentence Ali wasnt using much discretion when he passed a police car at eighty miles an hour ID: 279043
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Words of the Week
Weeks 9-16Slide2
Vocabulary Word of the Week (9)
Discretion
Part of speech
: noun
Definition: good senseSample Sentence: Ali wasn’t using much discretion when he passed a police car at eighty miles an hour.Slide3
Vocabulary Word of the Week (10)
Detriment
Part of speech
:
nounDefinition: a disadvantageSample Sentence: Loni’s purple hair may be a detriment
when she goes for a job interview.
Other forms
: detrimental (adj.)Slide4
Vocabulary Word of the Week (11)
Dexterous
Part of speech
: adjective
Definition: skilledSample Sentence: The juggler was so dexterous that he managed to keep five balls in motion at once.Other forms: dexterously (ad.), dexterousness (n.)Slide5
Vocabulary Word of the Week
(12)
Facetious
Part of speech
: adjectiveDefinition: used to describe speech that is meant to be funny.Sample Sentence: Dr. Segura has a facetious sign on his office door; “I’d like to help you out. Which way did you come in?”Other forms
: facetiously (ad.) facetiousness (n.)Slide6
Vocabulary Word of the Week (13)
Gregarious
Part of speech
:
adjectiveDefinition: outgoingSample Sentence: Melissa is so gregarious that she wants to be with other people even when she’s studying.
Other
forms
: gregariously (adv.), gregariousness (n.)Slide7
Vocabulary Word of the Week (14)
Optimum
Part of speech
: adjective
Definition: idealSample Sentence: The road was so icy that the optimum driving speed was only about ten miles an hour.Other forms
: optimum (n.)Slide8
Vocabulary Word of the Week (
15)
Ostentatious
Part of speech
: adjectiveDefinition: showySample Sentence: My show-off aunt has some
ostentatious
jewelry, such as a gold bracelet that’s so heavy she can hardly lift her arm.
Other forms
: ostentatiously (adv.), ostentatious (n.)Slide9
Vocabulary Word of the Week (
16)
Part of speech
:
adjectiveDefinition: ethical, to do the right thingSample Sentence: The judge was scrupulous about never accepting a bribe or allowing personal threat to influence his decisions.Other forms: scrupulously (adv.), scrupulousness (n.), scruples
Scrupulous