Look at the four vocab words that I just handed back. Select the SAT word that with which you feel most comfortable. Enter it in my comments section exactly as per my model.
Abrams - VERTIGINOUS - adj - dizzying, giddy, lightheaded from great heights.
"Ferguson discovers that the SuperKids, students with vertiginous GPAs and board scores, can still fail to get into their first choices and end up at "safety" schools" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Icarus, undaunted by his vertiginous flight toward the sun, foolishly ignored his father's warnings because he let his adolescent impulse for foolish risk-taking get the best of him, and he paid for his hubris by eventually plunging to his death.
Shiane Salabie-CURACY-noun-office
ReplyDelete"They love and respect one another ten times the more after a good set family arguing bout, and go back, one to his curacy, another to his chambers, another to his regiment, freshened for work, and more than ever convinced that the Browns are the heigh of company" (Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes).
Before leaving her messy curacy, which was filled with unorganized files, Jalissa, who is an attorney at law, picked up her briefcase and turned off the light.
Angelica Lugo- EERIE - adj. - weird, terrifying, threatening, unpleasant.
ReplyDelete"Pam,you're with Silent Violet," Prue ordered as she knocked Charlotte away and placed Pam with the eerie loner who had never, as far as any of the other kids in Dead Ed could remember, uttered a sound"(Ghostgirl).
My little brother acts eerie when I go into his room because he acts immature and says I have "cuddies," which does not exist.
Luis Caraballo- PRENTICES- n- person(s) performing service.
ReplyDelete"Prentices were too lowly to even deserve mention"(The Shakespere Stealer Series).
The prentices made many people in the hotel very uncomfortable, but many other people paid no mind to them since that was their profession; however, they did not trust them with their personal items.
Kelsey- BATTERED-verb-to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly
ReplyDelete"Car's over here", he said, and I followed him to a battered old Ford station wagon parked in the empty lot (Keeping the Moon, Sarah Dessen).
A child's body can only take so much battering until he feels mentally and emotionally abused as well, causing the child to feel alone and striving to get away which may lead him to run away or try to commit suicide.
Deborah Andrews
ReplyDeleteOstracized-verb-to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, priviledges, etc.
"The whole team ostracized me the whole way back on the train"(The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger).
Amelia, a teenage girl diagnosed with B.E.D, had been ostracized by her peers, because of her strange, unhealthy, eat habit.
Kylah- MASECTOMY-noun-plural
ReplyDelete"Because of my great- grandmother’s sickness, the surgeon told her that she needed a mastectomy to help her throughout her life, and so she could live for just a couple hours to see all her family before the surgery proceeded." (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Leticia Rocha -OBSTINATELY- adverb- stubbornly
ReplyDelete"'I'll do as i choose and go as I please,' said Bilbo obstinately" (The Lord of the Rings)
Tina, a spoiled and bratty little toddle who was known to get things done her way, obstinately shut her mouth when her mom tried to feed her vegatables.
Peak - senescent - adj - aging or growing old
ReplyDelete"Soon, the cell can no longer divide or becomes senescent and dies" (The New York Times).
The community, full of senescent people, often recieved medical visits because people unfortunately became ill or passed away frequently
Davonna Patterson-BEGUILES-verb-to infulence by tirckery, flattery,etc.,mislead; delude
ReplyDelete"Moonlight beguiles, enchants and deceives."(nytimes.com).
He had me stuck forever, when he looked into my eyes, which beuguiled me becuase of their beauty, and made me start liking him, when I really hated him, and wanted him to leave me alone.
Victoria Hankin; Dilapidated - adj. - run-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, rickety.
ReplyDelete•“Though it can seem dilapidated at times, Metro 2033 is a dark journey saturated with an enthralling atmosphere that will reward intrepid adventures”(Game Spot).
While making his way through the dilapidated tunnels of Khan station, Artyom stumbled upon a trip wire, which didn’t cause him any serious harm, but did, however, alert the Reds of his location.
Jahidul Imon
ReplyDeleteImprimatur- N - Sanction or approval; support
"In Benghazi itself, the scene of heavy fighting on Saturday as leaders met in Paris to set their imprimatur on the campaign to contain Colonel Qaddafi, the city on seemed quiet on Sunday" (NYTimes".
Asura, whose father is the King of Demons, waits for the imrpimatur of the King to let him leave the Underworld, since only he can give permission for Asura to leave.
Shalaya Johnson- INSATIABLE- adj.- wanting, greedy, unsatisfied
ReplyDelete"'You're insatiable', he whispers, shaking his head and moving beside me, as drawn to me as I am to him."(Blue Moon)
After the plump woman finished digesting the rest of her food on her plate, which happened to ber her fifth one, she made her way towards the buffet yet again, insatiable with her constant hunger.
Kevin Pacehco-MITIGATE-verb-check,diminsh,lighten up
ReplyDelete"It’s the same idea that Schumpeter pushed in the now-infamous passage in which he opposed any attempt to mitigate the Great Depression, even through monetary policy:"(NY Times).
People who work in nuclear plants have to mitigate the mixture to make sure it can be used because if they do not, many horrendous events can happen like the air may become radio active, the land may also my become radio active, and many more events could happpen as well.
Rupal Nayi - DEEM - verb - consider, regard
ReplyDelete"Food safety inspectors said the iodine-131 in the tested milk was up to five times the level the government deems safe, and the spinach had levels more than seven times the safe leve." (nytimes.com)
When writing an essay, my English teacher deems it important to have more commas then periods, to never use "I" or "you", and to make sure there are no comma splices, which is the key to a perfectly well-written essay that will impress any professor.
Troy Riley- ANABOLIC-adj-constructive metabolism
ReplyDelete"Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones"(NY Times).
The reason he was so ready for the big game tonight was because of the anabolic steroids, they have synthetic hormomes that can hurt you, but can help you in many ways.
Brea Brown- APPROBATION-noun-approval.
ReplyDelete“He nodded his approbation of Adriens words” (Red Ridding Hood)
Gracie, who had just witnessed a horrifying murder of a young girl, nodded her head in approbation to the death sentence of the man because justice was served in her point of view.
Jocelin Rocha-picturesque-adj-having natural beauty, vivid
ReplyDelete"Will wasn't here yet, so I had to stand, ruining my picturesque (or-let's be honest here-slighly less repellant) arrangement."
(Beastly)
It proved to be difficult for Kyle to have a picturesque face one day and then being a beast the next day, especially when everything that mattered to him was looks, but the only way to revese the curse was a true love's kiss.