PPT-Vocab Words Week 6 Mr . Matzka

verb to speak or write a speech about a persons life or character eulogize If you were to eulogize your favorite book characters life what would you say adj imperfect. : . 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. 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. SAT & Content Words . Hemorrhages. Ostracized. Qualms. Compulsory. Groping. Sadistic. Ironical. Exhibitionist. Literary Terms. Objective Narrator. Point of View. First Person Narrative. Second Person. TKAM Vocab List. Week 1 . Vocab . day 1. perpetrated. (vb.): carried out; committed. quelled. (vb.): To . quell. is to overwhelm something until it is . powerless . analogous. (adj.): similar; comparable. (noun) a . piece of information. datum. . (. adj. ) fearless. dauntless. . (noun) scarcity, as of something customary, essential, or desirable. dearth. .. (verb) to lower in character or virtue. debase. (noun) . a youth. stripling. The jury overlooked the idea that he was only a . stripling. , and they tried him as an adult.. (verb) to drive together so that one slides into the other like the sections of a spy-glass. How Vocabulary is Tested . on the ACT. So today's tests are more complex than the one above from 1926; they try to test your understanding not only of the textbook definition of the word, but your . camaraderie. (n) friendship. caricature. (n) an exaggerated portrait or description. cavalier. (. adj. ) showing arrogant disregard. cite. (v) quote by way of example, call to attention. clairvoyant. abstruse. (. adj. ) . difficult to understand. boisterous. (. adj. ) Louder than need be. exacerbate. (verb) to make more sharp or severe. fastidious. (. adj. ) hard to please. gregarious. (. adj. economical. (. adj. ) frugal, thrifty, cheap. emancipate. (v) to free from some external control; to liberate. engulf. (v) to surround or enclose completely. entourage. (n) one’s associates or friends; your crew. ideology. (n) a system of ideas and/or beliefs. idiosyncrasy. (n) a behavioral quirk. imminent. (. adj. ) just about to happen. impeccable. (. adj. ) flawless. inaugurate. (v) to begin officially. genre. (n) type of category. grapple. (v) to hold onto something; to wrestle. grotesque. (. adj. ) weird or outlandish in character or appearance. gyrate. (v) to rotate rapidly, to spin, to wind or coil. economical. (. adj. ) frugal, thrifty, cheap. emancipate. (v) to free from some external control; to liberate. engulf. (v) to surround or enclose completely. entourage. (n) one’s associates or friends; your crew. Vocab Words Week 3 Mr . Matzka bamboozle (v) To cheat or trick banter (n) a playful conversation; good natured teasing belligerent ( adj ) ready to fight benign ( adj ) harmless, mild, kind bizarre