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Enhance your vocabulary with five essential words: foretaste, germinate, humdrum, hurtle, and insinuate. Discover their meanings, practice filling in sentences, and explore synonyms and antonyms to deepen your understanding. Participate in dynamic activities to act out these words, enriching your learning experience. This vocabulary warm-up helps you grasp the nuances of these terms while encouraging creativity and engagement in language use.
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September 12, 2011 Directions: Copy the words and the definitions into your vocabulary warm up section. • Foretaste – an advance indication, sample, or warning • Germinate – to begin to grow, come into being • Humdrum – ordinary, dull, routine, without variation • Hurtle – to rush violently, dash headlong • Insinuate – to suggest or hint slyly
September 13, 2011 Write the sentences and fill in the blanks with the vocab words. • All household tasks are ___________ according to my brother who never helps. • The rocket detached from the probe and it began to ___________ through space. • The attorney attempted to ____________ that the criminal was guilty. • Suspicion began to ______________ in her head that her boyfriend was cheating on her. • An eye-opening trailer for the movie gave the audience a __________ of what was to come.
September 14, 2011 • Write a synonym (similar meaning) of each vocab word and an antonym (opposite meaning). • Foretaste • Germinate • Humdrum • Hurtle • Insinuate
September 15, 2011 • Choose two words and write down how you will act them out for a small group. • Humdrum • Hurtle • Germinate • Foretaste • Insinuate