vocabulary list #6 by: amber lee ciarah mayoral christina paoletti johana chai
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Vocabulary List #6
By: Amber LeeCiarah Mayoral
Christina PaolettiJohana Chai
Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Quick action without think-
ing; sudden/impulsive/hasty Teacher’s Sent.: “It was Prince Bolo
who burst into impetuous speech.” (90) Sentence: Being the impetuous person
she was, Sally didn't think before she spoke to the manager, and ended up fired from another job.
Impetuous
Part of Speech: Verb Definition: To steal or take dishon-
estly Teacher’s Sent.:“The servants of the
Cultmaster purloined her some hours back.”(90)
Sentence: The robbers briskly pur-loined the money from the bank and snuck out before the Police noticed them.
Purloin
Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Filled with sudden fright or hor-
ror Teacher’s Sent.: “Haroun, aghast searched
frantically through his bedclothes; but the Disconnector was gone.” (113)
Sentence: The boy was aghast after seeing two yellow eyes peering through his closet door, and therefore couldn't fall asleep.
Aghast
Part of speech: Verb Definition: To make or cause to seem
smaller, less, or less important. Teacher’s Sent.: “The left the Lagoon,
and Gup City was diminishing behind them.”(116)
Sentence:“While I was going farther away from the street, the cars were diminishing.
Diminish
Part of speech: Noun Definition: Long outburst, defensive speech. Teacher’s Sent.: “The old General seemed
perfectly happy to listen to these tirades of insults and insuborination without batting an eyelid”(119)
Sentence: “Last night I was listening to these tirades coming out of my grand-mother’s mouth, because she was very an-gry about her burnt cookies.”
Tirade
Part of speech: Adjective Definition: not capable of being re-
paired, or made good Teacher’s Sent.: “It was a suicidal mis-
sion; they would be defeated, Batcheat would perish, and the ocean would be irreparably ruined.”(121)
Sentence: “The phone that I used for 3 years was irreparably scratched.”
Irreparably
Part of speech: Noun Definition: liveliness, animation, and ac-
tive Teacher’s sent.: “It was in those colors
that the best parts of the stories were encoded: Vividness, lightness and vivac-ity.” (122)
Sentence: “Getting involved in group of people helps to find the vivacity of one’s own contribution.”
Vivacity
Part of speech: Noun/Verb Definition: Strong disapproval of some-
thing, criticize Teacher’s Sent.: “Blabbermouth looked
delighted at this reprimand; Bolo looked murderous, but held his tongue.” (134)
Sentence: “As I got in to a big trouble my mom gave me a reprimand with her loud voice.”
Reprimand
Part of speech: Verb Definition: To destroy completely, remove Teacher’s Sent.: “The thick, dark poison
was everywhere now, obliterating the colors of the Streams of story.”(146)
Sentence: “When she found a picture when she was ugly, she obliterated the picture by throwing it into the fire.”
Obliterate
Part of speech: Adjective Definition: gloomily(dark), as a person or
mood Teacher’s Sent.: “’It must be a mile long!’
he exclaimed. “Outside, super-colossal, big,’ If morosely agreed.” (151)
Sentence: “My brother is always in a mo-rose mood because of too much home-work.”
Morose
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