Vocabulary

Vocabulary UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION (UEQ):

List #1 1. Lithe (adj) – flexible 2. Embellish (v) – to adorn; decorate 3. Curtail (v) – to cut short 4. Languid (adj) – drooping from exhaustion; weak 5. Vigilant (adj) – watchful; attentive 6. Novice (n) – a beginner 7. Ephemeral (adj) – short-lived, existing for a short time 8. Intermittent (adj) – periodic; coming and going at intervals 9. Obsequious (adj) – compliant; promptly obedient 10. Arbitration (n) – a hearing between parties in controversy

*With these words, we incorporated some into our origin myths and then we constructed sentences from a non-fiction article. See the Discussion TAB for our sentences.

List #2

1. Loathsome(adj) – hateful; detestable

2. Pestilential (adj) – likely to cause disease

3. Copious (adj) – plentiful; abundant

4. Improvident (adj) – short-sighted; only thinking about the immediate future

5. Avarice (n) – greed for riches

6. Autonomous (adj) – independent

7. Pilfer (v) – steal

8. Palisades (n) – large, pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence used for defense

9. Recompense (n) – reward; repayment

10. Manifold (adv) – in many ways

List #3:


 * assuaged ** (vb.): to **assuage** is to lessen or to calm.


 * impudent ** (adj.): To be **impudent** is to be shamelessly bold, as if you don't care what anyone thinks about you.


 * taciturn ** (adj.): almost always silent.


 * entailment ** (n.): a legal situation regarding the use of inherited property.


 * sojourn ** (n.): a brief visit.


 * discernible ** (adj.): understandable / **discern** (v): to understand.


 * edification ** (n.): education; instruction.


 * aberrations ** (n.): an **aberration** is a deviation, or a moving away from, something that is normal.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ingenuous **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (adj.): simple; innocent.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">inconspicuous **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (adj.) To be conspicuous is to attract attention. To be **inconspicuous** is to do the opposite; to not attract attention.