Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Mocking bird vocab
8th grade october 24,2009
29
Language - English
8th Grade
10/24/2009

Additional Language - English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Assuage(d)
Definition
(verb)ease pain,calm,ease

Sentence- The medicine assuaged my head ache.
Term
Taciturn
Definition
(adj)timid,or shy

Sentence- The little boy was too taciturn to ask the other boys to play,so he sat alone.
Term
Amble(ed)
Definition
(noun)walk in a carefree way

Sentence-I ambled int eh middle of the street because there were no cars on the road, due to the snow day.
Term
Dispatch(ed)
Definition
(verb)to kill; to send off

Sentence- Because of the infestation, the exterminators were dispatches to out house quickly.
Term
Malevolent
Definition
(adj)evil intentions

Sentence-Muhammad Achmadinajad is a malevolent dictator.
Term
Vapid
Definition
(adj)Shallow,empty(person)

Sentence- We left the presentation because the speech was incredibly vapid and dull, and I could not listen to it anymore.
Term
Predilection
Definition
(noun)tendency/(habit)/urge

Sentence- The boy has a predilection to drum on the desk during class.
Term
Nebulous
Definition
(adj)hazy,unclear

Sentence- Great-Grandmothers memories from long ago were now nebulous in the old lady's mind.
Term
Foray
Definition
(verb)a quick entry into something(military) or a new venture into something/(noun)raid

Sentence- After egging a house, they ran away not wanting to see the results of their foolish foray.
Term
Illicit(ly)
Definition
(adj)unseemly

Sentence- The principal found illicit messages on the girls' bathroom wall/
Term
Vex(ations)
Definition
(verb)trouble,annoy

Sentence- When I do my homework, there are many vexations in the house, so i go to my room and regain my concentration.
Term
Sojourn
Definition
(noun)a temporary stay (v)stay temporarily

Sentence- While she was waiting for the repairs to be done on her house, she sojourned in a hotel.
Term
Dispensation
Definition
(noun)go to different direction,spread over wide area(of gas or smoke), thin out eventually disappear , something distributed or given out, separate light into consistents with different wave lengths(physics)

Sentence- At the fundraiser, there were many dispensations given by the attendees.
Term
Expound(ing)
Definition
(verb)present and explain theory of an idea systematically

Sentence- Since the students didn;t understand the math problem, the teacher expounded upon the concept of estimating.
Term
Erratic
Definition
(adj)wondering,having no definite coarse/crazy

Sentence- The teachers erratic ways of teaching, caused for her to be fired.
Term
Iniquity(-ties)
Definition
(noun)injustice or wickedness

Sentence- Some people believe that ones iniquities committed during life will cause that person to be judges harshly by G-d.
Term
Furor
Definition
(noun)state of craziness,anger,fury,rage

Sentence- My class was in a furor when we found out that the final was tomorrow.
Term
Contempt(uous)
Definition
(noun)lack of respect or reverence for something

Sentence- The spoiled children were very contemptuous towards their mother when she told them to get ready for school.
Term
Diminutive
Definition
(adj)tiny,small

Sentence- The diminutive amount of food people got int Concentration Camps barely kept people alive.
Term
Disperse(d)
Definition
(verb)scattered/spread out

Sentence- When my brother began counting during hide and seek the rest of us dispersed.
Term
Fraught
Definition
(noun)Full(not in sense of container), (adj)filled with tension or distress, filled with emotional sense(negative)

Sentence- When I forgot my homework I was fraught with terror.
Term
Disapprobation
Definition
(noun)disapproval,condemnation

Sentence- Because of my parents disapprobation of my dating choices,I spent my Friday night at home.
Term
Aloft
Definition
(adv)high up,above the ground

Sentence- Several days ago the country was riveted with scenes of a balloon aloft and possibly containing a child.
Term
Auspicious
Definition
(adj)suggesting that there is a good chance of success,promise success/favorable

Sentence- Based on the large crowd outside of Abercrombie, their"super sale" weekend was off to an auspicious star.
Term
Expend(ed)
Definition
(verb))to use up,spend,to pay out

Sentence- We expended our energy while we played games instead of studying for a test.
Term
Wrought
Definition
(adj)something that is crafted,elaborately embellished,brought about,

EX: wrought iron fence

Sentence- The Kindergartners wrought havoc upon the whole school when they unleashed the salamanders.
Term
Gothic
Definition
(adj)evoking a bleak dark quality/gloomy/horrifying

Sentence- In the Gothic tale, the villagers approached the giant black castle.
Term
Melancholy
Definition
(adj)sad,depressed

Sentence- I was in a melancholy state when I got a 77 on the easy math test.
Term
Quell(ing)
Definition
crush,overpower,defeat,con-quire,(verb)quite

Sentence- When there was ruckus in the cafeteria, I tried to quell the noise so the teacher wouldn't get mad.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!