Student-Driven Vocabulary List 3
Your Vocabulary List #3 is below. Under the list you can see the results of voting. Bleak picture as far as democracy goes. ONLY 25 of you voted.
- irrational
- amiably
- exuberant
- avocation
- ethereal
- askance
- catastrophic
- prophecy
- impulsive
- sustenance
irrational 80.0% 20
amiably 60.0% 15
meticulously 28.0% 7
exuberant 60.0% 15
chastisement 24.0% 6
avocation 72.0% 18
unpretentious 20.0% 5
bemoaning 40.0% 10
ethereal 60.0% 15
askance 76.0% 19
catastrophic 84.0% 21
lethargically 32.0% 8
prophecy 84.0% 21
impulsive 72.0% 18
sustenance 68.0% 17
answered question: 25 (# of students who voted)
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Neither amiable or sustenance are my word but I looked up the definition. part of speech and a sentence.
Amiable- (adj.) Friendly and agreeable in disposition
“The farmer who walked beside it nodded amiably to us but seemed disinclined to make the animal move any faster.”
http://www.reference.com/example-sentences/amiably
Sustenance- (n.) food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.
“Poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance.”
Here’s another one, “The larva pierces the spider’s tough skin and sucks its blood for sustenance.”
http://www.reference.com/example-sentences/sustenance
Only missing two words now. Come on y’all! Let’s get those last two up here today.
Avocation (noun) – an interest or activity engaged in for pleasure or satisfaction in addition to ones regular work.
sentence: After my bomb avocation i became the organizer of fruit roll.
We need the author, title and page number. And would you be so kind as to check the capitalization and punctuation for us. Post it corrected if it needs it.
Thanks.
We are missing three words! Amiably, avocation, and sustenance. I am trying to finish my chart.
Mr.Moshé it is really difficult to do a viss chart and artifact without the words of some people.
I completely agree. Please support me when I mention it to your classmates tomorrow and Monday.
Irrational (adj.) not capable of reasoning or thinking clearly.
I know it’s irrational and that he feels horrible, but I’m still upset.
(Matched, Ally Condie 136)
Ethereal -light, airy, or tenuous;extremely delicate or refined.
Adjective
“You know the kind of thing you can only pull off if you have a long, lean, effortlessly ethereal look.”
By:Elizabeth Scott
Tittle:something maybe Pg.15
Prophecy-(noun)-a prediction.
I’m pretty sure I mentioned in class that a synonym is not a definition. This is a good example of why a synonym will not suffice, or be sufficient.
A prophesy is not merely a prediction.
Check it.
To say that the term prophecy means a prediction is too simplistic.
A prophecy (noun), pronounced, if you will as PROF-EH-SEE, according to DICTIONARY.COM is a NOUN. It means “(1) the foretelling or prediction of what is to come; (2) something that is declared by a prophet, especially a divinely inspired prediction, instruction, or exhortation; (3) a divinely inspired utterance or revelation: oracular prophecies; (4) the action, function, or faculty of a prophet.” Here we see it is not a simple prediction. We are talking about a prediction of grand proportions usually made by a a divine messenger like a rabbi, priest, wizard, witch, sorceress, etc.
We definitely need the sentence from the text.
Thanks for posting this term.
I love to prophesy even though I’m not qualified to do it. There’s nothing like a riddled prophecy, I always say.
Askance(adverb)-with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval
Sentence-“As much as Carter annoyed me, I hated it when people assumed we weren’t related, or looked at my father askance when he said the three of us were a family-like we’d done something wrong.”(pg.36, The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan)
catastrophic – (adjective) – involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.
“For those who stop taking steroids without the help of a doctor, the results could be catastrophic: deep depression and suicidal thoughts.” (Scholastic scope Oct 2013:Elizabeth Larsen, 6) – http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/pdfs/SCOPE-100113-Nonfiction.pdf
impulsive-(adj)-actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary
“And the ADHD–you’re impulsive, can’t sit still in the classroom.”
(Rick Riordan, The Lighting Theif, 88)
word – (PoS) – definition
“sentence from the text.” (author, title, page)
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Exuberant-(adj)- filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement
“The King was a man of exuberant fancy, and withal, of an authority so irresistible that at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.” (Frank R. Stockton, The Lady or the Tiger, 593- Language of Literature)
Where I the voting page?!!!!!!!!!
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