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Vocab 2

Vocab 2. adv. ASUNDER. Separated; split apart. Link: THUNDER. The THUNDER tore the young lovers ASUNDER . Voc 2. verb. INCITE. To cause; to arouse to action. Link: FIGHT. The pitcher’s bean ball INCITED the batter to FIGHT . Voc 2. verb. EVADE.

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Vocab 2

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  1. Vocab2

  2. adv ASUNDER Separated; split apart Link: THUNDER The THUNDER tore the young lovers ASUNDER. Voc 2

  3. verb INCITE To cause; to arouse to action Link: FIGHT The pitcher’s bean ball INCITED the batter to FIGHT. Voc 2

  4. verb EVADE To elude; to avoid; to flee Also: evasion evasive Link BLADE She EVADESBLADES. Voc 2

  5. verb EFFACE To erase; to rub away Link: ERASE EFFACE a face by ERASING it. Voc 2

  6. adj migratory Roving, wandering Also: migrate migration MY STORY is one of many MIGRATORY movements. Link: MY STORY Voc 2

  7. verb FORBEAR To refrain; to abstain Forbearing adj Forbearance noun Forbore past tense By the way, you forbear yourself; you don’t forbear others… PleaseFORBEARfeeding theFOUR BEARS. Link: Four bears Voc 2

  8. verb PROCRASTINATE Put off for a later time (usually out of laziness);a.k.a. your whole life Also: procrastination Larry HATED to cut the GRASS and would PROCRASTINATE about it for weeks. Link: GRASS HATE Voc 2

  9. Not “a trenchant tool”! TRENCHANTadj Sarcastically sharp; caustic; cutting Link: TRENCH ANT A TRENCHANT mouth of the famous TRENCH ANT. Voc 2

  10. verb IMPEDE To obstruct; to interfere; to delay Also: impediment Link: SPEED The job of highway policemen is to IMPEDESPEEDING motorists. Voc 2

  11. noun ROSTER A list of names Link: ROOSTER A ROOSTER on the ROSTER. Voc 2

  12. impede verb impediment noun Gusts impeded me… The impediment of the gusts... Voc 2

  13. forbear verb forbearance noun Please forbear such comments… Have forbearance of such comments... Voc 2

  14. forbear verb forbearing adj Please forbear smoking… A forbearing person does not smoke... Voc 2

  15. forbear verb forbore Verb (past) Please forbear smoking… Yesterday I forbore smoking… Voc 2

  16. evade verb evasion noun evasive adj Will he evade Poseidon? Evasion of Poseidon? Impossible! He gave evasive answers. Voc 2

  17. WHICH WORD? List 2 Voc 2

  18. List 2 1. Cutting, caustic, having a sharp point; as in sarcastic Voc 2

  19. List 2 2. In separate parts; apart from each other Voc 2

  20. List 2 3. To obstruct or interfere with; to delay Voc 2

  21. List 2 4. To elude or avoid by cunning; to flee from a pursuer Voc 2

  22. List 2 5. To refrain from; to abstain; to be patient or tolerant Voc 2

  23. List 2 6. A list of names Voc 2

  24. List 2 7. Roving, wandering, nomadic Voc 2

  25. List 2 8. To put off until a later time Voc 2

  26. List 2 9. To arouse to action Voc 2

  27. List 2 10. To rub away Voc 2

  28. Answers1 1. trenchant 2. asunder 3. impede 4. evade 5. Forbear (not forebear) Voc 2

  29. Answers2 6. roster 7. migratory 8. procrastinate 9. incite (not insight) 10. efface Voc 2

  30. GRAMMAR THIS TEST 1. Study your COMMA rules 2. Study SEMICOLONS 3. Study COLONS

  31. SNOTT : Make writing fun again The birds took migratory patterns as they flew south. The birds took migratory patterns spreading like airborne, southbound ants.

  32. SNOTT : Make writing fun again The birds took migratory patterns as they flew south. Under amber skies, the birds laid black, migratory lines as they flew south.

  33. SNOTT : Make writing fun again The birds took migratory patterns as they flew south. Migratory patterns of birds…YOU MAKE IT WONDERFUL!

  34. Misusage  I was asundered from my family

  35. Misusage  I was incited to the kid who threw it at me.

  36. Misusage  I am very forbear.

  37. Misusage  There was an incite…

  38. Misusage  My father told me to trenchant the grass…

  39. Misusage  Be careful when you use a trenchant.

  40. Fill-in 1 Group:

  41. Fill-in 1. I never can get an answer: she’s so ___________

  42. Fill-in 1. I never can get an answer: she’s so ___________ evasive

  43. 2. The escaped prisoners ______ the authorities by breaking into a church and disguising themselves as nuns.

  44. 2. The escaped prisoners ______ the authorities by breaking into a church and disguising themselves as nuns. evaded

  45. 3. Wild geese ________ to Canada in the summers and Mexico in the winters.

  46. 3. Wild geese ________ to Canada in the summers and Mexico in the winters. migrate

  47. 4. When the earthquake stopped, and we came up from our shelter, we found the city had been torn ___________ and not one single building was left standing.

  48. 4. When the earthquake stopped, and we came up from our shelter, we found the city had been torn ___________ and not one single building was left standing. asunder

  49. 5. Roger’s _________ remarks at the meeting could be explained by the fact that he knew where the problems lay.

  50. 5. Roger’s _________ remarks at the meeting could be explained by the fact that he knew where the problems lay. trenchant

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