Vocabulary

1. Vocabulary

2. Group 1 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Mitigate-lessen the pain • Novice-beginner • Digress- get off topic • Concur-agree • Rarity-a rare thing I wanted to concur with my friend about the need to mitigate the pain in surgery, but she started to digress about a rarity she saw: a novice doctor operating alone!

3. Group 2 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Abhor- hate • Bigot- person that strongly dislikes opinions other than their own • Counterfeit- forgery • Enfranchise –Give the right to vote • Hamper- stop progress I abhorbigots because they hamper progress toward tolerance, so we should disenfranchise them by making a counterfeit signature.

4. Group 3: Quiz Thursday! For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Noxious- poisonous • Placid- peaceful • Remuneration- payment for service • Talisman- lucky charm • Inequitable- unequal I was at a placid lake resort, but the food had a noxious effect, so I felt no need to give remuneration for the inequitable service; I will just start relying on my talisman.

5. Group 4 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Abrasive-harsh/uncaring • Bilk- to cheat • Covert - Undercover • Dissension- disagreement • Engender- to cause Her abrasive personality engendereddissension because she tried to bilk the system in a covert way.

6. Group 5 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Punctual- on time • Commendable- deserving respect • Perception- point of view, awareness • Censure- formal or public disapproval • Retract- pull back My perception of him is that he is commendable because he is always punctual

7. Group 6-Quiz Thursday! For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Timorous- shy or fearful • Dubious- doubting • Calamitous- disastrous • Relinquish-to give up • Congregate- to gather Because I was feeling timorous about the calamitous effect of my instructions, it turned me into a dubious person who wanted to relinquish my power, but we can congregate and I can clarify.

8. Group 7– Rertakes today and tomorrow only For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Abstraction- an abstract idea • Apathy- not caring • Billeted-giving a soldier a home • Benediction- a blessing • Blandishment –compliment to persuade Soldiers were billeted in Elie’s town with a benediction from the Rabbi, because the soldiers used blandishment to create apathy in the town, making the Holocaust seem like an abstraction.

9. Group 8 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Compulsory-required by law • Derision-mockery • Edict- official order • Emigration- to leave a country • Expulsion-to be forced out He listened to the compulsoryedict, and Elie wished he had emigrated instead of the expulsion from his home that was paired with constant derision from the soldiers.

10. Group 9-Quiz Thursday! • Guerrillas- • Implored • Incite • Indeterminate • Lamentation

11. Group 10 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Lucidity- clear-mindedness • Premonition- a bad feeling that something is going to happen • Reprieve- a postponement of punishment • Sanctity-sacredness • Semblance- resemblance

12. Group 11 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Knotty- full of knots • Nuance- small difference • Stupefied- stunned • Vigilance-alertness • Wizened- dried up, shriveled

13. Group 12- Quiz Thursday! For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Impediments-obstacle • Susceptible- capable of being infected • Minions- followers/servants • Decrepit- lacking strength • Taut- pulled to great tension

14. Group 13 • Articulate-expressing yourself clearly • Delirious- out of it • Primitive- early development of humans • Eccentricity-strange quality • Secede- to withdraw from an organization

15. Group 14 • Scintillating (adj)- sparkeling • Inevitable (adj)- unable to be avoided • Repress (V)- hold back emotions • Naïve (adj)- simplicity of nature • Contradict (V)- say 2 differing things

16. Group 15-Quiz Thursday!! • Tolerant-showing respect of all others • Demoralize- cause to lose hope • Monotonous- sound on one note • Vulnerable- susceptible to harm • Endure- to hold out against struggle

17. Group 16 • Redundant-unnecessary repetition • Endeavor- a strenuous effort • Covet- to desire wrongfully • Aesthetic – pleasing to the eye • Dormant- In a state of rest or inactivity

18. Group 17 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Abyss- deep gap or space • Cacophony- harsh noise • Ravenous- extremely hungry • Tamped- packed down • Stratum-layer

19. Group 18-Quiz Thursday  For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Conjure- to summon as if by magic • Cower- cringe in fear • Nomadic- no permanent home • Rationalize- to offer a self-serving but incorrect answer • Trajectory- path of a bullet or flying object

20. Group 19 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Desolation- ruin • Falter- To stumble • Guild- Club or people in the same profession • Illumine- To light up • Metropolis- a major city

21. Group 20 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Oblivion- the state of being oblivious • Pedant- someone who shows off their learning • Scapegoat- someone forced to take the blame • Scythe- What the grim reaper carries • Quarry- large pit that materials are gathered from

22. Group 21: Quiz Thursday  For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Beatific- blessedly happy • Cadence- rhythmic • Certitude- certainty • Discourse- lengthy discussion • Insidious – spreading harm slowly

23. Group 22 • Intuitively- doing automatically • Invigorate- to give energy to • Manifest-to reveal • Patronage- people who support financially • Quaver- speak in a trembling voice

24. Group 23 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Rebut- prove a statement false • Skepticism- doubt • Strew- scatter • Suffuse-gradually spread through • Trifle– a thing of little value or importance

25. Group 24: Quiz Thursday  For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Abasement-Humiliation • Billowing-puff up/out • Enhance-improve • Nullify- invalidate (make not valid) • Tangible – something you can touch

26. Group 25 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Fallacy- false statement • Bias- prejudice • Inconsistency- an element that does not stay the same • Rhetoric- art of language • Adversary- enemy

27. Group 26 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Anecdote- short amusing story • Adverse- opposite • Affliction- something that causes pain of suffering • Abound- exist in large numbers • Adhere- stick

28. Group 27: Quiz Thursday  For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Agitate- irritate • Antagonize- cause someone to be hostile • Aptitude- natural ability • Arbitrary- something that does not matter • Avail- help

29. Group 28 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Bestow- present or given • Buffer- something that softens a hit • Caliber- level of someone’s ability • Capitalize- gain from • Captivate- hold attention

30. Group 29 For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Chide- scold • Coincide- happening at the same time • Commodity- something of value • Concede- give up/in • Contemporary- of a current time period

31. Group 30: Quiz Thursday  For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. Create a flash card for each word. • Continuity- A continuous element • Counteract- work against • Denomination- face value of money • Denounce- declare something as bad • Deplore- express strong disapproval

32. Group 31 • Destitute • Detract • Disband • Discord • Dismantle

33. Group 32 • Diverge • Diversion • Divulge • Endear • Entice

34. Group 33: Quiz Thursday  • Entrust • Err • Foreboding • Foresight • Homage

35. Group 34 • Indebted • Inflation • Insight • Instantaneous • Intangible

36. Group 35 • Lament • Legitimate • Loiter • Misconduct • Obstinate

37. Group 36: Quiz Thursday  • Remedial • Rove • Staunch • Subordinate • Superfluous