PPT-Vocab Mondays!

Weekly Vocabulary English 10 Vocab Mondays How it works Every Monday youll get 6 new vocabulary words some of which will come from our readings Every Monday starting next week I will quiz you on 3 of the 6 vocabulary words from the week prior and then give you the next 6 words . The Crucible. 1. . Confounded . (. adj. /v). - . confused. 2. . Incredulously . (adv). - . doubtfully; skeptically. ; with questions or . reservations. 3. Conciliatory (. adj. ). - soothing, cooperative, or apologetic (esp. in a tense, angry situation). 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). Puritan Poems, Speeches, & Transcendentalist Texts. 1. Improvisation (n). - the act of doing or performing something without prior practice. 2. Martyr (n). - a person who willingly suffers death or some type of severe consequence in order to uphold a principle or belief (religious martyrs are the most common). 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. /Gatsby. 1. Hubris (n)- . excessive pride; arrogance. 2. Humility (n)- . modesty; understanding one’s importance. 3. Requisite (. adj. )- . required, essential, or necessary for a task. 4. Contrived (. #8. : . 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. Into the Wild. 1. Trough (n). - lowest point of something. 2. Amalgam (n). - mixture; combination (of). 3. Anomaly (n). - abnormality; exception; peculiarity. 4. Amphibious (. adj. ). - having a mixed nature; the ability to conform and thrive in different environments. : . 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). 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. 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. 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. 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.