Grade 11-12: Vocabulary Lesson for Monday, Week 12

Word List 12

1. blatant: unpleasantly loud and noisy; totally or offensively conspicuous or obtrusive
2. brazen: marked by flagrant and insolent audacity; having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound
3. benign: of a kind and gentle disposition; showing gentleness and mildness; tending to exert a beneficial influence; favorable; having little or no detrimental effect; harmless
4. extricate: to release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage
5. callous: having calluses; toughened; emotionally hardened; unfeeling
6. caustic: capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action; corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting; causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion
7. chagrin: a keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event

Monday Activities

1. Write the words and definitions in your vocabulary notebook.
2. Create your own sentence using each word and write this in your vocabulary notebook. We have provided samples below to get you started.
3. Use this dictionary link to check the pronounciation of each word. Type each word in the box on the left, then click the sound icon to listen.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

"Of course I sent her home," the principal said, "that message on her tee-shirt was blatantly offensive.^
Since the team played him regardless of his injury, the quarterback announced that there was a blatant disregard for his health.

"That was a brazen attempt to influence these proceedings," the judge harshly told the policeman.
Years of brazen corruption in city hall caused the electorate to remove most of the politicians.

All of my elementary school teachers had a benign disposition.
Mom was so relieved to hear that the biopsy test showed the tumor was benign.

A small boy fell through the ice but people on the scene quickly extricated him.
As soon as I understood the relationship was heading the wrong way, I started trying to extricate myself from the situation.

The terrorist leader showed a callous indifference to the loss of human life his schemes caused.
Although they are caring physicians, emergency room doctors often effect a callous attitude.

The stand-up comedian's caustic humor made him seem to be callous and uncaring.
When you have children you must child-proof your home to keep them out of caustic chemicals used for cleaning.

Much to my chagrin, just moments before admitting that I was lost I had proclaimed that I knew exactly where I was going.
Imagine the chagrin of the losing pitcher who had boastfully claimed that the team would crush their opponent.

 
 

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