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Vocab 5

Vocab 5. verb. beleag u er. To besiege, best, surround, harass LINK: Big leaguer. The little leaguers beleaguered the big leaguers. m ili eu. noun. Environment or surroundings LINK: MILDEW. The bathroom was a milieu of mildew. adj. porcine. like a pig, resembling a pig

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Vocab 5

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  1. Vocab5

  2. verb beleaguer To besiege, best, surround, harass LINK: Big leaguer The little leaguers beleaguered the big leaguers.

  3. milieu noun Environment or surroundings LINK: MILDEW The bathroom was a milieu of mildew.

  4. adj porcine like a pig, resembling a pig LINK: PORK It was a poor scene when Mark arrived with his porcine date.

  5. adj quixotic Idealistic and totally impractical LINK: IDIOTIC You’re a bit idiotic if you’re quixotic…

  6. quixotic Quixote • The art! • NovelAuthor = Miguel Cervantes

  7. quixotic • The art! 3. Plot = He thinks he’s a knight… that she’s beautiful… that the windmill is a dragon… that he has a MISSION

  8. quixotic • The art! IRONY: We see he is fooled and ignorant

  9. quixotic • The art! BUT! In the end, she falls in love with his courage and OPTIMISM and HOPE

  10. The art! quixotic

  11. quixotic • The art!

  12. quixotic

  13. quixotic • The art!

  14. quixotic • The art!

  15. n/adj histrionic Overly dramatic, theatrical Link:history My teacher’s histrionic style = ADJ My teacher’s histrionics = NOUN History on the histrionic side.

  16. Noun, verb bludgeon A short heavy thick club LINK: dungeon (BLOODgeon?) The bludgeon = NOUN He bludgeoned us with questions = VERB Bludgeons in the dungeon.

  17. adj arduous Hard, difficult, tiresome LINK: HARD ON US The arduous snow-covered trail is hard on us.

  18. verb adj reminisce To recall the past LINK: RIM MISS (remember?) She reminisced about their chat = VERB It was reminiscent of The Matrix = ADJ REMember by REMINISCING

  19. adj opportune Occurring at a good, favorable time LINK: opera tune (opportunity?) Opportunity = N Opportunist = N The conditions were opportune for… No one likes an opportunist… An opportune time for an opera tune...

  20. adj dulcet Melodious, soft- or sweet sounding LINK: dull sit (dulce?) Dulcet tones are DULCE. Dulcet tones make a dull sit.

  21. Greek + Latin WORD PARTS Know these, know 1000’s!

  22. Word Roots: Your chart

  23. Word Roots: Your chart

  24. Word Roots: Your chart

  25. Vocab definition drill

  26. List 5 1. Overly dramatic, theatrical

  27. List 5 2. Environment or surroundings

  28. List 5 3. A short heavy, thick club

  29. List 5 4. To besiege, beset, surround, harrass

  30. List 5 5. Resembling a pig

  31. List 5 6. Occurring or coming at a good time

  32. List 5 7. Idealistic and totally impractical

  33. List 5 8. Melodious, soft, soothing

  34. List 5 9. The act of recalling the past

  35. List 5 10. Hard, difficult, tiresome

  36. WORD PARTS 11. eu List 5

  37. WORD PARTS 12. micro List 5

  38. WORD PARTS 13. macro List 5

  39. WORD PARTS 14. To praise with words List 5

  40. WORD PARTS 15. Science of extending life List 5

  41. WORD PARTS 16. Miniature photos of library articles List 5

  42. WORD PARTS 17. Smaller structure within the larger system List 5

  43. WORD PARTS 18. Pleasant sounding term for an unpleasant concept List 5

  44. WORD PARTS 19. Miniature form of life List 5

  45. WORD PARTS 20. Pleasant sounding noise (opposite of cacophony) List 5

  46. Answers1 1. histrionics 2. mILIeu 3. bluDgeon 4. beleagUer 5. porcine

  47. Answers2 6. opportune 7. quixotic 8. dulcet 9. reminisce 10. arduous

  48. Answers3 11. good 12. small 13. large, overall 14. eulogize 15. macrobiotics

  49. Answers4 16. microfilm 17. microcosm 18. euphemism 19. microorganism 20. euphony

  50. Vocab Fill in!8 hands minimum

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