My Favorite Chaperone
Define: reliable.
Reliable (adj.): able to be trusted
Define: Prairie.
Prairie (n.): a tract of Greenland
Define: Conceive.
Conceive (v.) – create, evolve
Define: Aghast.
Aghast (adj.): struck with fear, or dread.
What part of speech is "Compensation"?
It is a noun.
Compensation means the act of making amends for a service like giving money.
Create a sentence with reliable (adj.).
Don't forget to use context clues!
Possible answer:
Sam was reliable enough to watch over Joy’s cat when she went on a vacation.
Reliable means able to be trusted.
If you don't have this, you won't get anywhere in life. (noun)
Ambition (n.): a strong drive for success
This is what happened to our narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart when he heard the heartbeats of the old man he killed. (adj.)
He was vexed.
vexed (adj.) – annoyed, irritated
Create a sentence with stealthy (adj.).
Don't forget to use context clues!
Possible answer:
I opened the door attempting to be stealthy because I did not want to wake my baby sister up.
Stealthy means quiet and cautious.
I am debatable and hesitant, I am questionable and reluctant, I rise suspicions, I describe verbs. What am I?
(word is found in "The Monkey's Paw" vocab. list)
Dubiously (adv.): in a doubtful manner
This word can easily happen between 2 best friends if they are confused about a matter. (noun)
scuffle (n.): a short confused fight or struggle
Create a sentence with Chide (v.).
Don't forget to use context clues!
Possible answer:
Salma chided him for not replying to her WhatsApp messages.
Chide means to scold severely or angrily
Grade 8A students did a trick on Mrs. Walaa in this way. (adv.)
cunningly (ad.): crafty, in a devious way
Students with a bee phobia would act this way if a bee enters the classroom. (adv.)
They would act frantically.
Frantically means in an uncontrolled manner
I rhyme with sun, I wow people, but sometimes I am not fun. You can find me in "My Favorite Chaperone" vocab. list. What am I?
Stun (v.): astonish or shock someone
This word is what happens to a baby who wants his teddy bear but can't find it before going to bed. (Verb)
Whimper (v.): whine or cry softly
Many Lebanese people feel this way about their country Lebanon nowadays. (adj.)
(Just like Houssam Chaarani)
Despondent (adj.): without or almost without hope
Create a sentence with Mournful (adj.).
Don't forget to use context clues!
Possible answer: A large number of people passed away due to the mournful plane crash.
Mournful means expressing sadness, regret or grief
It is very inappreciative if you do this behind your teacher's back. (verb)
If you maligned your teacher.
Malign (v.): speak unfavorably about someone.
Everyone does this: People on ground. Fish in water. Plants under the sun.
What am I?
(In the list of "The Latehomecomer")
Strive (v.): make great effort to achieve something
Asthmatic people suffer sometimes from this. (verb)
Suffocate (v.): die or cause death from the lack of air or having difficulty breathing.
We can call "Hulk" with this name. (noun)
Behemoth (n.): something or someone that is enormous or very large and powerful.
If there is a paper stuck on the teacher's back with "Kick me!" written on it, students would go crazy doing this word. (verb)
They would chuckle big time!
chuckled (v.) – laugh quietly, giggle
Create ONE sentence which contain Fatal (adj.) and "condole (v.).
Don't forget to use context clues!
Possible answer: After the fatal accident where her husband died, her supportive family condoled her.
Create a RIDDLE with "Coincidence".
Answer may vary.
Coincidence (n.): an accidental even that seems to have been arranged