Words that can be two parts of speech
a great flood, or heavy fall of rain part of speech?
to flood part of speech?
Deluge noun
Deluge Verb
left to one's own choice, not required
part of speech?
optional-adjective
lazy, slow moving, not active, dull
part of speech?
sluggish-adjective
to get revenge for; get even for; settle a score
part of speech?
avenge-verb
True or false
Your vocabulary words are often pronouns, prepositions or conjunctions.
False
THEY ARE NEVER THESE THINGS B/C THESE WORDS ARE WORDS LIKE:
THEY, SHE, HE-PRONOUNS
OVER, UNDER, ABOVE-PREPOSITIONS
AND, FOR, BUT-CONJUNCTIONS
the striking of one object against another, the shock caused by a collision part of speech?
to affect, especially forcefully part of speech?
impact NOUN
impact VERB
to give up, surrender; to hand over to another part of speech?
CEDE-VERB
to give a false or untrue idea
part of speech?
misrepresent-verb
dizzy; light-headed; lacking seriousness
part of speech?
giddy-adjective
Does this sentence make sense?
The king intimidated his opponents until they ceded their territory to him.
Why? What does each vocabulary word mean?
YES!!
because intimidate means to use fear to get someone to do something and cede means to surrender
complete; instantaneous; without reservation part of speech?
completely, instantaneously part of speech?
(hint on second one, what part of speech commonly ends in an -ly?)
outright adjective
outright adverb
rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
part of speech?
rotund-adjective
to make timid or frighten by threats; to use fear to get someone to do (or not do) something
part of speech?
INTIMIDATE-VERB
good judgement; care in speech and action; freedom to judge or choose part of speech?
DISCRETION-NOUN
Does this sentence make sense? Why?
I felt sluggish today and was on the verge of having a rendezvous with my sofa.
YES
sluggish means lazy, slow moving
verge means to approach or be in the process of
rendezvous-a meeting place
to meet in accordance with a plan part of speech?
a meeting by agreement; a meeting place part of speech?
rendezvous verb
rendezvous-noun
to free from bondage or domination; to release part of speech?
liberate-verb
reasonable; making use of reason and good sense
part of speech?
logical-adjective
the point at which something begins or happens; a border part of speech?
-to incline, tend toward, approach; to be in the process of becoming something else. part of speech?
verge-noun
verge-verb
to stroll; walk in an easy, leisurely way part of speech?
a stroll part of speech?
Saunter-verb
saunter-noun
-lower in rank or position, secondary part of speech?
-one who is in a lower position or under the orders of someone else part of speech?
-to put in a lower or secondary position part of speech?
subordinate-adjective
subordinate-noun
subordinate-verb
a delicate color or hue; a slight trace of something
part of speech?
to give color to something, to dye part of speech?
tint-NOUN
tint_Verb
likely to undergo change; changeable part of speech?
a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such part of speech?
variable-Adjective
Variable-noun