Vocab Lesson One
To ruin or spoil
What is Mar?
Loud enough to be heard
What is Audible?
A delay for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying
What is Respite?
These following similarities relate to which term?
-deviate
-circumlocute
-ramble
What is Digress?
I learned about _____ in my English classes, but the only thing I remember is the phrase, "It's raining cats and dogs" really confused me.
What is Idiom?
A question; inquiry
What is Query?
fit to be eaten as food
What is Edible?
Submit or comply silently or without protest?
What is Acquiesce?
-Valentines Day
-PDA
-Painfully sweet
What is Saccharine?
When the vase broke, I felt that it was best to show ______ to my mother and tell her the truth.
What is Candor?
Not certain or fixed
What is Tentative?
Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute
What is Inherent?
To authorize, approve, or allow
What is Sanction?
The following similarities relate to which term?
-having common sense
-being down to earth
-looking for practical results
What is Pragmatic?
Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Boogie Man are all characters young children are ______ enough to believe in.
What is Gullible?
Name a profession that would cultivate persons or things?
What is Farmer, Teacher, other feasible option?
Name a movie character who would be considered a Sage. -Must be able to explain context if instructor is not familiar with the reference.
Answers Will Vary.
Going to college, buying a house, buying a car, or choosing someone to marry should cause me to reflect deeply. What am I doing?
What is Contemplating?
The following similarities relate to which term?
-frugal
-miser
-hoarder
What is Parsimony?
Provide a sentence with context clues for the following term.
-Anacdote
Answers will Vary.
What word would fit the following examples?
-A circle, Infinite Sign, ocean waves on the shore, night turning into day, etc.
What is Perpetual?
If I go to work one day and am filling all the customers orders, running the cashier line, and helping wherever needed, but the next, I am hiding in a corner playing on my phone and ignoring everyone, my boss might call me what?
What is Capricious?
If I am walking in the park without any real purpose, what am I doing?
-Must answer with 2 terms.
What is Dawdle and Meander?
Provide at least 2 synonyms for the following term.
-surly
What is rude, bad tempered, hot headed, etc.?
Provide a sentence with context clues for the following terms.
-Irascible
-Discord
Answers will Vary