January 30, 2012 Vocabulary Welcome to English class!

Unit 10

The student acquiesced and served his detention.

acquiesce (v) to accept without protest; to agree or submitSynonym= to comply with

Dreams of stardom allured many people to the show American Idol.

allure (v) to attract someone by seeming to offer something pleasant or exciting; (n) the strong attractionSynonym=to tempt/tempatationTravel allures millions of peoplearound the world.

The yellow lines in the road have gone askew!

The best laid schemes of mice and men go oft askew. Robert Burns

askew (adj.)crooked; twisted to one sideSynonym=lopsided

Students (and teachers) are often blithe in the summertime when they do not have to attend school!

blithe (adj.)cheerful, lighthearted; casualsynonym=carefree

This contentious cat is always ready for an argument.

contentious (adj.) likely to cause a lot of argumentSynonym=argumentative

Do you ever covet other peoples cell phones?

covet (v) to desire something belonging to anothersynonym= to yearn for

The student was crestfallen to learn that he did not have a snow day.

crestfallen (adj.)discouragedsynonym= disappointed and sad

Pig Pen is a disheveled cartoon character from the comic strip Peanuts.

A synonym for disheveled is _____________ ?

UNKEMPT!

disheveled (adj.) untidy, rumpledSynonym=unkempt

Martin Luther King, Jr. was an exponent of civil rights.

exponent (n) one who advocates, speaks for, explains AND the power to which a number is raised (in math)Synonym=defender, champion

Garrulous people often have very high cell phone bills!

garrulous (adj.)chattysynonym= talkative, loquacious

Superman was an insuperable comic strip character.

InSUPERable (adj.) incapable of being defeatedSynonym= invincibleWill the Pats be insuperable next Sunday???

The lamentable deaths of Romeo and Juliet could have been easily avoided.

lamentable (adj.)very disappointing or in a regrettable stateSynonym=deserving pityThe state of our current economy is lamentable.

Can you guess why the words eggplant and pineapple are misnomers?

misnomer (n) an unsuitable or misleading nameSynonym= a wrong name

Everyone should feel comfortable professing their love of English class!

profess-(v) to openly state; to claimSynonym= to delcare

During spring break, I suggest you find respite by basking in the sun with a good book!

respite (n) a period of relief or restsynonym=a breather

Ms. LoBue is seeking retribution against the person who hit her car!

retribution (n) a repaymentsynonym= retaliation; revengeLady Capulet seeks retribution against Romeo for killing Tybalt; she wants to poison him!

Lombard Street in San Francisco, California is known as the most sinuous street.

sinuous (adj.)winding, having many curvessynonym=twisting

Professor Dumbledore speaks with a sonorous voice!

sonorous (adj) rich in sound, impressive in stylesynonym= full; deep in sound

Cell phone companies remain in constant competition for the vanguard position.

vanguard (n.)the leading positionSynonym= cutting edge; forefront

The ipad will keep Apple in the vanguard of technology.

A wastrel is a person (or cat) who squanders money and loafs about!

wastrel (n) a wasteful person, spendthriftsynonym= a loafer; someone who wastes time and money