Grade 11-12: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 2

Word List 2

1. vilify: to make vicious and defamatory statements about someone or something
2. trepidation: a state of alarm or dread; trembling or quivering
3. sporadic: occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time; at widely scattered locations
4. renounce: to give up, especially be formal announcement; to reject or disown
5. pungent: affecting the sense of smell or taste with a sharp sensation
6. overt: open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret
7. muster: to call troops together as for an inspection; to gather; to cause to come together

Tuesday Activities

1. Make Flashcards - Write the word on one side of an index card and put the definition and a sentence on the opposite side. You can find ideas for making flashcards on the Internet by clicking on the link.
2. Go to the Spelling City website. Type in your list of vocabulary words. Click on the button that says Play A Game. Select Which Word. Play the game and write down the fill-in-the-blank sentences in your notebook.
3. Create your own worksheet using your vocabulary words and your own definitions with this Worksheet Creater. Type your vocabulary words in the left column and the definitions in the right column. There is room on this worksheet for 10 words. Think of other words you know and type the words and definitions in the blank lines to complete the list. Click on "Generate Worksheet" at the bottom. Your worksheet will be created. Complete the worksheet and put it in your vocabulary notebook.

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:

The candidates attempts to vilify his opponent backfired.
The unfortunate soccer player found himself vilified in his country's newspapers.

I approached the closed door in the dark with fear and trepidation.
With much trepidation I stood in front of the entire school giving my first public address.

Sporadic outbreaks of the flu made it hard to predict where is would strike next.
Sporadic thunderstorms marked the weather patterns in our area for the last two weeks.

Brainwashing caused the terrorist to renounce his US citizenship.
The baptismal rite begins by asking, 'Do you Renounce Satan?'

Feta cheese adds a pungent taste to the salad.
The pungent odor of vinegar made me turn my head sharply.

The president said that he wanted all aid to the rebels to be overt.
There was no overt act of hostility, but I still didn't think that he liked me.

I didn't think that he could muster enough courage to stand up to the bully.
"Jake, you and Jimmy bring all the helpers you can muster.^

 
 

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