Vocabulary List #2 -Vote, Share, Study, Test
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- deceitful
- boundless
- seethe
- siphon
- terrazzo (sometimes improperly spelled t-e-r-r-a-z-o)
- proximity
- purgatory
- aesthetic
- protruding (in multiple texts)
- incredulous (in multiple texts)
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“I’m a young idealist with boundless energy,” I assured him.
Boundless: adjective
Def: having no bounds; infinite or vast; unlimited
Icredulously; Adj
(page 21 “Sleepaway Girls”)
definition: in an incredulous manner
sentence: “Come on. You guys don’t believe her do you? She asked incredulously.
(Page 180 Framed)
def- a flooring or wall finsh setting marble
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a tiny shadow with a skinny long tail moving quickly across the terrazzo floor.”
What’s the word?!?!?
What are you asking about?
what is this word
Speak to me in class.
W-H-A-T–I-S–T-H-E–W-O-R-D
You don’t have to holler.
proximity;Noun
(page 18 Ruined)
definition:nearness in place,time, order,occurrence,or relations
sentence: The room was small with shuttered windows,quite dark because of the proximity of the house next door.
(Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein page 83)
Siphon; Verb
(Page 136 The Scorch Trails)
DEFINITION- draw off or convey (liquid) by means of a siphon.
draw off or transfer over a period of time, especially illegally or unfairly.
SENTENCE- “The chaos around him seemed to SIPHON away his humanity, turn him into an animal.”
Purgatory; noun
Definition; any condition or place of temporary punishment, suffering, expiation, or the like.
Sentence;”I thought maybe I got killed in my attempt to tip the flying bomb or when the swallow shot at me, and now i was in PURGATORY, doomed to fly forever and ever over fields that looked like Pennsylvania without ever being able to land.”
Seethe; Verb
Seethe- to be in a state of agitation or excitement.
“I had met Marsilia, the mistress of stefan’s seethe.”
Does anyone have the rest of them?
Deceitful; Adjective
(Pg. 199 The Lightning Thief)
Definition: Deliberately misleading
Sentence from the text : He’s deceitful heartless, and greedy
Protruding ; Verb
(Pg.106 Artemis Fowl)
Def: to thrust forward;cause to project
Sentence: “The infrared filter was messing with his depth perception and he’d whacked his head on two protruding U-bends so far”
Protruding; verb
(Pg. 27 The Maze Runner)
Definition: to project
Text: Thomas realized that only that wall was moving, heading for its neighbor to the left, ready to seal shut with its protruding rods slipping into the drilled holes across from it.
do you mean to protector project
What? Speak to me in class. Cool?
Aesthetic ; adjective
(Pg.220 We’ll always have summer )
Def: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
Text: “That time you took me to the MAC counter, they made me look like a drag queen,” I said. “That’s there aesthetic,” Taylor said.