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Language V. PROOF by David Auburn. Vocabulary: Act 1. CAN YOU GUESS THE MEANINGS OF THESE WORDS?. Haphazard Rumpled Tantalizing Gibberish Filthy. Squiggles Giddy Wonk Dilbert Chip away. What do they mean?. Haphazard : Adj. (5)
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Language V PROOF by David Auburn
Vocabulary: Act 1 CAN YOU GUESS THE MEANINGS OF THESE WORDS?
Haphazard • Rumpled • Tantalizing • Gibberish • Filthy
Squiggles • Giddy • Wonk • Dilbert • Chip away
What do they mean? Haphazard: Adj. (5) • Characterized by lack of order or planning; irregular; chance; random. Rumpled: Adj.(5) • irregular or untidy.
Tantalizing: Adj. (10) • Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach. Gibberish:Adj. (15) • Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing.
Filthy: Adj. (18) • Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty. Squiggle: Noun(20) • A small wiggly mark or scrawl.
Giddy: Adj.(41) • Feeling silly, happy, and excited. Wonk: noun(16) • Someone who works really hard and is very serious.
Dilbert. (16) • is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams.
Chip away: phrasal verb (37) • To reduce or make progress on something incrementally.
Haphazard • Lack of intelligence. • Lack of order or planning.
Tantalizing: • Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable. • Arousing horror; shock or dismay.
Chip away • To eat chips. • To reduce or make progress on something.
Wonk • Someone who works really hard and is very serious. • Someone who is quite eccentric.
Squiggle • A small insect similar to ants. • A small wiggly mark or scrawl.
Contest Using the words we’ve just reviewed, try to make as many sentences as you can to describe the following pictures. You can use each word only once.