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 ID: 760818
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Unit 4 Vocab
10
th
grade
Please get out your vocab and get ready for unit 4!
Make sure these are going in your binder under the vocab tab
Slide2Inkling (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.
Slide3Limpid (adj) – clear; transparent; readily understoodThe water was so limpid that I saw the tree all the way at the bottom.
Slide4Copious
(adj)– abundant; plentiful
There was a copious amount of money left over that we went to dinner.Symbol of Thanksgiving is called a cornucopia with food spilling out of it.
Slide5Poignant (adj) (
poy
-ant)
– deeply affecting; touching, emotional
The kissing in the rain scene was poignant to the viewer.
Slide6Rancor (n)– bitter resentment or ill-will, hatredHe has such a rancor for broccoli that he threw it across the room.
Slide7Emaciated (adj) – made unnaturally thinThe emaciated boy was too weak to fight off his kidnapper.
Slide8Acquiesce (v) – to agree to or to submitThe administration decided to acquiesce and let the students have a dance
Slide9Contentious (adj) – quarrelsome; inclined to argueA contentious person is one who likes to argue about anything.Con=with or for, against
Slide10Garrulous (adj)
– excessively chatty
Garrulous people make great talk show hosts.
Slide11Exponent (n) – one who advocates or speaks for Obama's wife is an exponent of healthy nutrition for young people.