Vocab words Voc 11 11 noun torque Link
Vocab words Voc 11 11
noun torque Link: turk Tommy the Turk’s famous torque dance Voc 11
noun fathom Link: Fat thumb Doctors couldn’t fathom Larry’s fat thumb. Voc 11
adj docile Link: fossil A docile fossil…there on his pull sled Voc 11
noun hovel Link: shovel The mice’s hovel was an old shovel. Voc 11
noun balmy balm Link: palm The balm of the breeze through the palm trees. Voc 11
verb divine This is not “heavenly” Link: vine Tarzan couldn’t divine his vine would break! Voc 11
verb badger Link: badger A badgering badger! Voc 11
verb denounce Link: bounce The kangeroos denounced Roger when he couldn’t bounce. Voc 11
noun alternative Link: Turn native As an alternative, he turned native. Voc 11
noun countenance Link: Count the nuts By their countenance, it was easy to count the nuts. Voc 11
Greek + Latin WORD PARTS Know these, know 1000’s!
WORD PARTS Path (pathy, patho) Examples Feeling + suffering, or disease antipathy = hatred anti = against + pathos = feeling pathos = deep sorrow, sadness patho = sorrow pathological = diseased--harmfully so patho = diseased + logy = study
peri Examples WORD PARTS around, near perimeter = distance around a shape peri = around + meter = measurement peripheral = located on the outside or edge peri = near + pheral = fear periscope = device for seeing from submarine peri = around + scope = looking device
morphform, shape WORD PARTS Examples metamorphosis = A change in form meta = beyond + morphosis = shape amorphous = having no defined shape a = not + morph = shape Morpheus = Greek god who alter dreams and his own appearance (similar to Aeolus)
Vocab 9 What word means… Voc 11
1. Torque, twisting force Voc 11
2. Understand fully Voc 11
3. Easily taught, controlled Voc 11
4. Voc 11 Small, miserable dwelling
5. Soothes, heals, comforts Voc 11
6. Foretell, infer, to guess Voc 11
7. To tease, annoy or harass persistently Voc 11
8. Condemn, expose critically Voc 11
9. Choose between different choices Voc 11
10. Person’s facial expressions Voc 11
Answers 1 1. Torque 2. Fathom 3. Docile 4. Hovel 5. Balm Voc 11
Answers 1 6. Divine 7. Badger 8. Denounce 9. Alternative 10. Countenance Voc 11
Vocab Multiple Chocolate Voc 11 11
1. Don’t be so ______, man. People walk all over you. A. torqued B. docile C. badgering Voc 11
2. Spring break will be pure ____ for my soul. A. alternative B. divine C. balm Voc 11
3. Perhaps you can ____ that we’re having a vocab test tomorrow. A. badger B. divine C. torque Voc 11
4. We _______ all acts of terrorism. A. denounce B. balm C. fathom Voc 11
5. Adjust your _____ and you’ll have more friends. A. badger B. alternatives C. countenance Voc 11
6. Better learn your vocab or you’ll only have a salary for a ______. A. alternative B. countenance C. hovel Voc 11
7. If you will spend time _______ poetry, you’ll see more than you think… A. fathoming B. divining C. denouncing Voc 11
8. The students ______ the tardy policy. A. badgered B. denounced C. fathomed Voc 11
Vocab Multiple Chocolate Voc 11 11
My younger brother is a badger person. My younger bro badgers me. Voc 11
I divined that we were going to have a great time. My date last night was simply divine. Voc 11
She couldn’t fathom what made him like this. He fathomed her better than she did him. Voc 11
She dociled all the boys at school. Y T I L I C O D All the boys were docile around her. Voc 11
I torqued the door open. I opened the door with torque. Voc 11
The U. S. was soon bombing the enemy after denouncing them. n o i t a i c n u den With a confident denounce, the U. S. was soon bombing the enemy. Voc 11
Hovel: shack A. camera: picture B. difficult: arduous C. dinner: steak Voc 11
adj curvilinear Link: Curvy lines The skater’s CURVY LINES outlined her CURVELINEAR skating program. Voc 11
verb elapse link collapse Ted ran the mile in the ELAPSED time of three minutes and then collapsed. Voc 11
adj astute Link: suit Larry thought a new SUIT would make him appear more ASTUTE. Voc 11
noun misnomer Link: Miss homer What a MISNOMER: our little MISS HOMER struck out five times in a row. Voc 11
adj resurgent Link: resurgence sergeant A RESURGENT SERGEANT. Voc 11
noun Link: artisan Art in sand Little Jimmy was a SAND CASTLE ARTISAN. Voc 11
adj draconian Link: dracula Count DRACULA often behaved in a DRACONIAN manner. Voc 11
verb defame Link: defamation rename When the good name of William Bonner was DEFAMED, the reporters RENAMED him Billy the Kid. Voc 11
Related concept defame defamation ~ libel • Printed information that defames another person = “Printed defamation” • Punishable by law. Voc 11
veer verb Link: Pier Vern, I told you to VEER at the end of the PIER. Voc 11
noun karma Link: Harm-A No HARMA will come if you have good KARMA. Voc 11
WORD PARTS Hyper Meaning Over, above, beyond ordinary Examples Hyperbole Voc 11 Excessive exaggeration Hypertension High blood pressure Hyperactivity Unusually hyper
WORD PARTS Hypo Meaning Under, beneath, less Examples Hypodermic Hypochondriac Hypothermia Voc 11 Parts under the skin Anxiety about one’s health Subnormal body temp.
WORD PARTS Endo Meaning Within Examples Endocrine Endoskeleton Endorphin Voc 11 Internal bodily areas Creature w internal skeleton Chemicals within the brain
n dissolution Link: solution Solution for the DISSOLUTION … Voc 11
V forage link forest Wild animals FORAGING for food in the FOREST. Voc 11
fetish n Link: british The BRITISH have a FETISH for tea. Voc 11
verb disperse Link: purse The thug DISPERSED Dee’s PURSE. . . Voc 11
noun criterion Link: librarian Soldiers of the Foreign LEGION suffering from their LESIONS. Voc 11
noun guise Link: disguise Curly GIRDED the HERD with his trusty lasso. Voc 11
noun lesion Link: legion A CRITERION for any LIBRARIAN is that she must know how to read. Voc 11
adj amenable Link: Mean Bull Mean bulls are NOT amenable Voc 11
verb gird Link: Voc 11
adj Precarious Link: Carry us when it’s precarious… Voc 11
Ex WORD PARTS Meaning OUT OF, or FORMER Examples Excrete Exotic Exhilarate Voc 11 you!) To flow or push out from Having foreign, “out of this world” traits To gladden (Cheer comes OUT OF
WORD PARTS Archy Meaning Rule, POWER Examples Hierarchy System with hi/lo rankings Monarchy Supreme power of ONE MONO ruler Patriarchy Voc 11 Father “PAT”-ruled family
WORD PARTS Geo Meaning Earth, ground Examples Geology Geometry Geophysics Voc 11 Study of Earth’s properties Study of shapes like the earth Science of earth’s forces + elements
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