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Enhance Your Vocabulary with Key Adjectives and Verbs

This vocabulary lesson focuses on essential verbs and adjectives to improve your English communication. Key terms include "allocate," "ardent," "assiduous," "brash," "capricious," "chastise," and more. Discover their meanings, synonyms, and examples of usage to better articulate your thoughts and ideas. By understanding these words, you can enrich your language skills, making your writing and speaking more dynamic and precise. Each word relates to common experiences, ensuring you can integrate them into everyday conversations and academic tasks.

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Enhance Your Vocabulary with Key Adjectives and Verbs

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 9

  2. English teachers at Keefe allocatea section of their rooms for a classroom library.

  3. Allocate (verb) • To set apart or designate for a special purpose (money, time) • Synonym- to assign • How do you allocate your money?

  4. Lily was so ardentabout starting a recycling program in school that she personally visited every classroom

  5. Ardent (adjective) • Very enthusiastic; impassioned Synonym- intense; fervent These are ardent New England Patriots’ fans. Are you an ardent Sports’ fan?

  6. The student was very assiduousin his studies of biology.

  7. Assiduous (adjective) • Persistent; attentive; diligent • Synonym-industrious Ants are assiduous insects! Are you assiduous with your school work?!?

  8. The young pilot had a brashattitude and a sharp tongue.

  9. brash (adjective) • behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly • Synonym-impetuous • Muhammad Ali was known for his brash manner.

  10. Romeo isquite a capriciousyoung man- feeling depressed over Rosaline’s rejection one moment and falling in love with Juliet the next moment.

  11. Capricious (adjective) • Likely to suddenly change decisions, emotions, conditions without warning. • Synonym-impulsive

  12. Dave Pelzer, author of A Child Called ‘It’ , had a mother who chastisedhim for no reason.

  13. Chastise (verb) • To discipline or criticize severely • Synonym- to punish • The puppy was chastised for going pee in the house.

  14. During the halftime, our coach gave us copious amounts of advice about how to win the game.

  15. Copious (adjective) • Large in quantity or number; abundant Synonym-ample • Jules took copious notes in history class, so I copied from him!

  16. If you deviatefrom your GPS’s directions, the GPS will say, “Recalculating.”

  17. Deviate (verb) • to turn aside from; to stray from what is normal or expected • synonm- to diverge • Don’t deviatefrom the TAG format for your MCAS open response. • TAG: • Title + Author + Genre!

  18. In WWII concentration camps, the bodies of starving people became emaciated.

  19. Emaciated (adjective) • Unnaturally thin • Synonym-gaunt

  20. The students exulted when they reached their fundraisng goal.

  21. Exult (verb) • To be happy and proud because you achieved something • Synonym-to revel • This man exulted when he won the poker World Series.

  22. The old tree was a gnarledmass of branches.

  23. Gnarled (adjective) • Knotted; twisted • Synonym-contorted; misshapen • The old man’s gnarled hands sometimes hurt.

  24. After the driver hit his mailbox, Bob demanded some indemnity.

  25. Indemnity (noun) • A payment for damage or loss • Synonym-compensation; restitution • Workers’ compensation is a form of indemnity.

  26. The smile on her face gave no inkling to the sorrow she really felt.

  27. Inkling (noun) • A hint or vague idea • Synonym-a clue • I had no inkling my friends were throwing me a surprise party!

  28. From the glass bottom boat, I could see the fish through the limpidwaters of the Caribbean Sea.

  29. Limpid (adjective) • Clear; transparent; • Synonym-lucid

  30. In the Greek myths, Zeus is supposedly the omnipotent.God.

  31. Omnipotent (adjective) • Almighty; having unlimited power • Synonym-all-powerful Captain Omnipotent conquers all!!

  32. The chef was able to make the worst foods palatable.

  33. Palatable (adjective) • Agreeable to the taste; suitable to eat • Synonym-edible

  34. That poignantscene in the movie made me cry. Hey, Dad? Want to play catch?

  35. Poignant (adjective) • Making you have strong feelings of sadness or pity • Synonym-melancholy

  36. The dispute caused much rancorbetween the two children.

  37. Rancor (noun) • A feeling of hatred; especially when you cannot forgive someone • Synonym-animosity • In Star Wars there is a monster called Rancor…I wonder why?

  38. Some people might say that sophomores are sophomoric.

  39. Sophomoric (adjective) • Immature and overconfident; conceited • Synonym- superficial • Was Seinfeld’s show silly or was it sophomoric??

  40. Because our road trip to Boston was spontaneous, we didn’t bring enough money for tolls.

  41. Spontaneous (adjective) • Not planned; occurring naturally • Synonym-unplanned

  42. Remember! • Spelling quiz on words 1-10 on Friday!

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