English 10 Vocabulary

1. English 10 Vocabulary Week #5

2. 1. Emaciated: abnormally thin, wasted away from malnutrition or illness • 2. Surge: To rush suddenly • 3. Tranquil: quiet; calm • 4. Sanctuary: a safe shelter • 5. Ascend: to rise • 6. Harass: to torment; to trouble • 7. Monolithic: massive • 8. Indigent: poor, needy • 9. Arbitrary: based on a whim; dictatorial • 10. Fray: a fight; a scuffle Copy the words and definitions on your own sheet of paper to SAVE.

3. In 1956, LOOK magazine named Thomas Dooley as one of the year’s ten most outstanding men. Just under thirty years of age at the time, Dr. Dooley had already distinguished himself by caring for a half-million sick and emaciated Vietnamese refugees. When fighting broke out in the divided country of Vietnam, the northern communist Viet Minh forces surged southward, scattering thousands of refugees before them. At the time, Dr. Dooley was a lieutenant, assigned to a tranquil naval hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. He then volunteered for duty on a navy ship that had been chosen to transport the refugees to sanctuary in Saigon. The curtain was beginning to ascend on Dooley’s real career. Using the words in context:

4. In the 1960s, two honor students, Ron Harris and Len Chester, were sent to the principal’s office for having long hair. The boys were then ordered to cut their hair or be suspended. The boys’ parents went to the local newspapers. The boys were interviewed and regarded as heroes who were being harassed by the monolithic school system. The principal’s decision to suspend the boys was seen as arbitrary. A false story circulated that the boys’ families were indigent and could not afford haircuts. Finally, the Civil Liberties Union jumped into the fray with a court order that stipulated that the principal allow the boys back into class. Using the words in context:

5. 1. When the American troops liberated the concentration camps during WWII, they discovered thousands of _____________people who were nearly dead from starvation. • 2 & 3. The park was such a _______ setting that it seemed to be a __________. • 4. The explorers ____________ed the mountaintop. • 5. A ___________ of electricity ran through the appliance causing it to short out. • 6. The decision was unreasonable and _____________. • 7. If you are ____________ed, you should report it immediately. • 8. The skyscraper was a ______________ building. • 9. After several boys got into a ________ in the hallway, the principal suspended them all. • 10. Many war veterans are ____________ and homeless. Number 1-10 on your own paper. Write the correct vocabulary word on each line.