let’s improve that vocabulary!

Let’s Improve That Vocabulary!

English 9 Unit 2

Isn’t this fun?

• adjourn (v.)

• to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place

• feint (n.)

• a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense;

• (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

You’ll be good at the dictionary game after this.• fortify (v.)

• to strengthen, build up

• subjugate (v.)

• to conquer by force, bring under complete control

• unflinching (adj.)

• firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

We need to fortify our vocabulary!• jeer (v.)

• to make fun of rudely or unkindly;

• (n.) a rude remark of derision

• alien

• (n.) a citizen of another country;

• (adj.) foreign, strange

It’s not time to adjourn yet.

• erratic

• (adj.) not regular or consistent;

• different from what is ordinarily expected;

• Undependable

• fodder

• (n.) food for horses or cattle;

• raw material for a designated purpose

Though erratic, Animal proved to be a good addition to the Stones.

Learning makes you smarter

• (adj.) not regular or consistent; • different from what is ordinarily expected; • Undependable• erratic

• (n.) food for horses or cattle; • raw material for a designated purpose• fodder

• to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place

• adjourn (v.)

• (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense;

• (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

• feint

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. – Steven Wright

• (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly;

• (n.) a rude remark of derision

• jeer

• (n.) a citizen of another country;

• (adj.) foreign, strange

• alien

Your brain can’t be full!

• to strengthen, build up

• fortify (v.)

• to conquer by force, bring under complete control

• subjugate (v.)

• firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

• unflinching (adj.)

I’m not comfortable with the speed scorpions proliferate.

The more you memorize, the easier memorizing becomes.• sully (v.)

• to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

• compensate (v.)

• to make up for; to repay for services

• mediocre (adj.)

• average, ordinary, undistinguished

Are you feeling smarter yet?

• tantalize (v.)

• to tease, torment by teasing

• comely (adj.)

• having a pleasing appearance

• illegible (adj.)

• difficult or impossible to read

It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it. – Steven Wright

• terse (adj.)

• brief and to the point

• proliferate (v.)

• to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

• lucrative (adj.)

• bringing in money, profitable

Is that all you’ve got?

• expulsion (n.)

• the process of driving or forcing out

• dissolute (adj.)

• loose in one’s morals or behavior

The transportation business was not lucrative, so drivers packed on as many customers as they could.

I could do this by myself . . .

• the process of driving or forcing out

• expulsion (n.)

• loose in one’s morals or behavior

• dissolute (adj.)

What is red and looks like a fire truck?• to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

• sully (v.)

• average, ordinary, undistinguished

• mediocre (adj.)

• to make up for; to repay for services

• compensate (v.)

A fire truck, of course!

• brief and to the point

• terse (adj.)

• to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

• proliferate (v.)

• bringing in money, profitable

• lucrative (adj.)

Congratulations, you know more than you did earlier.• to tease, torment by teasing

• tantalize (v.)

• having a pleasing appearance

• comely (adj.)

• difficult or impossible to read

• illegible (adj.)

It took years before humans were able to subjugate the South American Tapir.