Vocabulary fodder for brilliant thoughts English 9 Unit
Vocabulary: fodder for brilliant thoughts English 9 Unit 3
She was a strict adherent to the Atkins diet until it wasn’t cool anymore. o o o o adherent (n. ) a follower, supporter; (adj. ) attached, sticking to marauder (n. ) a raider, plunderer rift (n. ) a split, break, breach
The eminent teacher retired after 35 years. o o o usurp (v. ) to seize and hold a position by force or without right eminent (adj. ) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting condone (v. ) to pardon or overlook
Beg as you may, I will not abridge the vocabulary test. o o o irate (adj. ) angry abridge (v. ) to make shorter obesity (n. ) extreme fatness
How wonderful to see your cherubic faces in the morning. o o cherubic (adj. ) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; n o o sweet and innocent surmount (v. ) to overcome, rise above
There appears to be a rift in their teeth.
You can surmount this obstacle and conquer your obesity. o o o angry irate (adj. ) to make shorter abridge (v. ) extreme fatness obesity (n. )
Though he says he’s helping them, the people in that neighborhood consider him a marauder. o o o o (n. ) a follower, supporter; (adj. ) attached, sticking to adherent a raider, plunderer marauder (n. ) a split, break, breach rift (n. )
All parents consider their children cherubic – even if only for a moment. o o resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; cherubic (adj. ) to overcome, rise above surmount (v. )
The coup’s leaders usurped the king’s throne. o o o to seize and hold a position by force or without right usurp (v. ) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting eminent (adj. ) to pardon or overlook condone (v. )
NOT cherubic
Cherubic
The speech at the funeral was insultingly trite. o o o trite (adj. ) commonplace; overused, stale altercation (n. ) an angry argument pilfer (v. ) to steal in small quantities
She expressed her dissent regarding the plan and got fired for it. o o dissent (v. ) to disagree (n. ) disagreement exorcise (v. ) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
I terminated grades and students cheered with joy. o o o semblance (n. ) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition terminate (v. ) to bring to an end pauper (n. ) an extremely poor person
I could fabricate sentences all day. o o o fabricate (v. ) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING circuitous (adj. ) roundabout, not direct
That purse has the semblance of Mom!
He presented the semblance of an intelligent man, but then he spoke. o o o a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition semblance (n. ) to bring to an end terminate (v. ) an extremely poor person pauper (n. )
Stan the man pilfered croutons from the salad bar. o o o commonplace; overused, stale trite (adj. ) an angry argument altercation (n. ) to steal in small quantities pilfer (v. )
She exorcised the problems that plagued her the year before and did wonderfully. o o (v. ) to disagree (n. ) disagreement dissent to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive exorcise (v. )
Sometimes I take the circuitous way home. o o o to make, manufacture; to make up, invent fabricate (v. ) GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING roundabout, not direct circuitous (adj. )
When life terminates, pick a pretty cemetery.
- Slides: 22