Vocabulary Week 3 Circle Map Definition Characteristics Drawing

Vocabulary Week 3

Circle Map Definition Characteristics/ Drawing Term Examples/ Synonyms Non. Examples Antonyms F r a m e O f R e f e r e n c e

Mnemonic Devices A system of making something easier to memorize. Ms. Gelston’s classes came up with mnemonic devices for some of our other words. Benevolent- a doer of good Benevolent Be-not-violent Morose- gloomy Morose Someone who dies gets more roses

Mnemonic Devices More Exemplars: Attire-dress Customers dress casually at tire shops. Rampant- Wild I ran, pants down. Depict- represented Dee picked a flag shirt to wear on the 4 th of July. After we go thru today’s words. . . I want to see what you can come up with. . . It doesn’t have to have the exact word in it, but close in pronunciation.

Harried Angling Bondsman Bartered Graft Stealth Arbitrary Benighted

The harried student forgot her homework as her mother rushed her out the front door. Harried adj. Feeling stressed because of demands; harassed

Angling was the main method of acquiring food while on the island. Angling noun. The act of fishing with a hook or a line

The bondsman sent out bounty hunters to find his client who skipped town. Bondsman noun person who pledges money or property to secure bail

The colonists bartered tools with the natives in exchange for harvesting secrets. Bartered verb. Exchange of goods and services in place of money

The mob boss used grafts to obtain his empire. Graft noun. Acquisition of money, gain or advantage unethically

The pilot knew his stealth flying tactics would help him during the war. Stealth adj. Secret

The attorney was new to the firm and known for making arbitrary decisions. Arbitrary adj. judgement made without forethougt

The natives considered the colonists benighted for taking their land destroying their homes. Benighted noun. Intellectually or morally ignorant